Audiobooks Quotes

“When you read a book, the story definitely happens inside your head. When you listen, it seems to happen in a little cloud all around it, like a fuzzy knit cap pulled down over your eyes.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“We will speak for the books."
...
"Like the Lorax?"
"The Lorax speaks for the trees," I remind her.
"Books are made out of paper. Paper is made out of trees."
"What about e-books?"
"We can speak for them too."
"Audiobooks?"
"Audiobooks speak for themselves." She grins. "Get it?”
― Paul Acampora, I Kill the Mockingbird

“Even most of those who really never have time to read a book usually have more than enough time to listen to one.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“And now a word about librarians.

We are all, from our youngest years, warned that the most dangerous, untrustworthy creature is that which stalks our public libraries. We all remember, as children, having this told to us by frazzled men in rumpled suits clutching ancient tomes to their chests.

“Aaaarrrruuuggghhh,” they would say, pointing at a diagram that was just a square with the word LIBRARY written neatly in the middle of it.

“Ouuugh!” they would continue, pointing at the clearest photograph ever taken of a librarian, which is a blurry and badly burnt Polaroid.

“Oh! Oh! Oh!” they would conclude, pointing at the first diagram again. It was always a very short presentation.

Then the men would run from our classrooms, looking fearfully around and muttering, “There’s no time, just no time,” and never would be seen again.

These warnings, as playfully conveyed as they were, are serious matters that should be applied to your grown-up, serious life. Librarians are hideous creatures of unimaginable power. And even if you could imagine their power, it would be illegal. It is absolutely illegal to even try to picture what such a being would be like.

So just watch out for librarians, okay?”
― Joseph Fink, Welcome to Night Vale

“Well, I've listened to the audiobook, if that counts.' 'It definitely counts,' Tilly said.”
― Anna James, Tilly and the Bookwanderers

“Heavens knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

“Well, I've listened to the audiobook, if that counts.' 'It definietly counts,' Tilly said.”
― Anna James, Tilly and the Bookwanderers

“There’s a world of a difference between reading and hearing. I mean, you extract the same juice out of the fruit of knowledge – whether it’s coming off pod or page. But with audio, I like hearing the sound of someone else’s voice. I like having a guide with me through the maze. And I can also do other things while I listen, whereas when I read, that’s it. There’s no multitasking there and I ain’t got no time for that.”
― T.L. Huchu, The Library of the Dead

“I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping the physical presence of the best among multitudes. And I only have one shelf.”
― Joyce Rachelle

“The women I write about have to fight for what they want, sometimes against forceful odds It's a kinetic experience, an intense ride.”
― Taylor Marsh, Olivia's Turn

“The best way to edit your writing, is to record an audiobook of it, because you will be reading every word.”
― Jack Freestone

“Mukhota

A hindi poetry anthology explores the various common elements of life. Right from religion, nature, nostalgia to love, freedom, and endless thoughts. Reading the poetries feels like touching every little aspects that constitute Life.

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― Rajeev Kejriwal

“Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way."
"No... the real treasure is treasure. That's why it's called treasure. Did you bang your head when we broke through?”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“Audiobook of The Silence Dividend, coming soon...”
― Izzy Bond, The Silence Dividend: A High-Concept Dystopian Sci-Fi Thriller

“Why books...audiobooks... stories are created?...Films and Games!?

- The answer, is very simple it 's in the name of patience.”
― Deyth Banger

“I always have enjoyed people to read for me or to have the chace to listen of how they narrate a book.”
― Deyth Banger

“Some people are eaters and some people are dinner.”
--Dave
From Purgatory the Audiobook”
― J. Costa

“A writer who doesn't care about the dissemination of his work is like a cook who doesn't care what restaurant he works in.”
― Jonathan Heatt

“But there is a fundamental difference between reading and being read to. When one reads actively, whether using the eyes or a finger, one is free to skip ahead or back, to reread, to ponder or daydream in the middle of a sentence―one reads in one's own time. Being read to, listening to an audiobook, is a more passive experience, subject to the vagaries of another's voice and largely unfolding in the narrator's own time.”
― Oliver Sacks, Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales

“Faster!"
"You go faster! My knees aren't what they were!"
"What were they?"
"Elbows.”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“I always knew which way I was going when I didn't know where I was!”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“Hello? Oh Nigel, yes hello, thanks so much for calling back. What? No, not very. Look, are you sure I can't get out of this Treacle thing? No, no, it's not the money, it's the people, darling. Yes, amateurs. And Northern. Well yes, ghastly's the word, absolutely.”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“I am not scared of the dark! I simply have chronic intractable nyctophobia!”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“We have to save the village! And the Mines are the only way to do it!"
"Could we not apply for some sort of grant?"
"You mean, forget the danger-filled Mines and perilous journey, and do government paperwork instead?"
"...Mines it is, then.”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“Oh dear, isn't that a shame, and here's me without me peril-proof trousers.”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“How dare you accuse my ancestors of stealing things! You'd not find a more honest man than the founder of Sabden! Aethelfuff the Stickyfingered was... oh, all right then, makes sense now, ignore me.”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“As our heroes press on down the tunnel, the golden light grows ever brighter with every corner they turn. What can be its source? Whence comes this beauteous luminescence? What treasure can it betoken? And most importantly of all, who writes this stuff? I mean, really, 'beauteous luminescence'?”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“Summon the Keeper of the Royal Playlist! I'm thinking a 70s disco theme...”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“All aboard the insanity express it is, then!”
― Jonathan Trueman, The Treacle People: Still Sticky

“The evidence that the gap is to some extent "built in" is certainly consistent with some of these observations. However, advocating alternative forms of literacy seems like poor advice given that print remains an essential medium, and reading skill (the traditional kind) continues to be a prerequisite for engagement with major institutions that greatly affect quality of life. Are alternative literacies a means to empower a minority population or to ensure their disenfranchisement? A bleeding-edge theory that creates additional barriers to print literacy or encourages opting out does not look like progress to me, a higher-SES white person who has benefitted from the traditional concept of literacy. Perhaps these options would be judged differently by parents for whom it has been an obstacle. More likely, they would not have a say in the matter because they would be unaware that this educational theory was being tried out on their children.”
― Mark Seidenberg, Language at the Speed of Sight