„… a metaphor… is like lying but more decorative.“

— Terry Pratchett

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„I felt like lying down by the side of the trail and remembering it all.“
— Jack Kerouac
„Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.“
— Terry Pratchett
„A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum.“
— Henry Miller
„Kissing Simon was pleasant. It was a gentle sort of pleasant, like lying in a hammock on a summer day with a book and a glass of lemonade“
— Cassandra Clare