... judicious books enlarge the mind and improve the heart ... — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage. — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
Is there any excitement to compare with the opening of a fresh parcel of books? — William Targ Copy Share Image
I used to like reading and you read enough books and you overflow and then you start writing. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“I don't know much about anything in this world but I do know how to read the book written in his eyes.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
You could start a small fire... with [photo] books I hate, and use that light to look at mine. — John Gossage Copy Share Image
I used to split my time between writing, music and painting. I would work on a book and then abandon it, start… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
When I first did the book on gasoline stations, people would look at it and say, Are you kidding or what? Why… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
Child! do not throw this book about Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out! Preserve it as your… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“There is a simple rule: practice a kind of generous selfishness. Give a book to a friend, but don't lend it, because… — Leah Price Copy Share Image
“A life is similar to a book. Some chapters are boring,a few emotional, a handful memorable,others saddening,one or two thoughtful and many… — Elizabeth Adeniyi Copy Share Image
Actually, the first thing I do is choose the antique that will be featured in each book. I try to find unusual… — Jane Cleland Copy Share Image
Adverbs is a book about love, and I thought that was pretty cheerful, but people who are reading it now are telling… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I couldn’t remember the last time I had stayed up into the squeaky hours of the night because I couldn’t put a… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
I also encourage my students to read literary criticism that is deeply personal yet formally inventive and intellectually expansive... books that offer… — Rob Nixon Copy Share Image
Every sky with its varied tints and every feather of each bird were coloured by hand; and when it is considered that… — John Gould Copy Share Image
“On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
My house is filled with books, most of which I have read, some of which I intend to eventually get to. I'm… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
She can take a year to read something, whereas I like a book that becomes more important in my life that life… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
“Before one knows it, he's nearly through with the book and then must continue so as to 'find out what happens at… — Rust Hills Copy Share Image
As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can. — Jane Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Don't believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Tantarrara! the joyous Book of Spring Lies open, writ in blossoms. — William Allingham Copy Share Image
Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The big advantage of a book is that it's very easy to rewind. Close it and you're right back at the beginning. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
If you're rich you can buy books. If you're poor, you need a library. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Destiny gave me only two things: a few accounting books and the gift of dreaming. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book. — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams. — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
“And just because I've written this book, don't think I've changed. I'm like I was back then, really.” — Ryū Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm always hiding the books in my closet, and my art's always turned upside down in my drawer. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
“The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
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