What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may… — John Milton Copy Share Image
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Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Life is a book of volumes three, the past, the present and the yet to be, the past is finished and laid… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I do get to chow down on a book, I try to read ones that are nothing like what I'm writing.… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
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It was not long after sunrise, and Stephen Waterman, fresh from his dip in the river, had scrambled up the hillside from… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as equality for some. Equality must be for all. That is what freedom is. That is what… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
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Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
The book the Ziff folks sent me as an example of their art was 'Late Night VRML 2.0 with Java,' 700 pages… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
Any student of the New Testament eager to understand its Greco-Roman setting will profit greatly from this excellent book. I commend it… — Craig S. Keener Copy Share Image
Some people are happy when they are at the sea; I'm happy when I'm standing in front of a shelf of books.… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
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It is a profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
My life has been one gigantic comic book, and on the other hand, it's been one gigantic book of laurels and amazing… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
You don't fight to protect warships or old men. Like the book says, you fight to save your civilization. And so often… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The most important thing for any aspiring writer, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you're trying to write,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones.… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war… — Jessica Lynch Copy Share Image
I will read biographies or autobiographies while I'm writing, but mostly I put books in a to-read queue, like Rachel Cusk's new… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
You may be ignorant of all the books in the world, and I hope you are, of all the latest theories, but… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
There have been 50 or 60 books written about Empress Orchid, but none of them bothered to really examine the period in… — Anchee Min Copy Share Image
I think that by the time I start writing the third book, of course, I will be President Of The United States,… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Intelligent too, ooh you my sweetheart. I've always liked my women book and street smart. Long as they got a lil' class… — Drake Copy Share Image
Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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So books are real to me, too; they link me not just with other minds but with the vision of other minds,… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea They thought great thoughts about liberty Poets wrote down words that did… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
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I love books that rhyme. And I love books that are clever and have little lines in them that are meant to… — Savannah Guthrie Copy Share Image
So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
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