Fire is a speed reader, which is why the ignorant burn books: fire races through pages, takes care of all the knowledge,… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
“Papa thought that any book worth reading twice was worth owning. So instead of buying desserts, we bought books.” — Natalie S. Bober Copy Share Image
Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
They're constants, aren't they?" ... "Books are. That's why we like them so much. They seem immutable. They're not, of course. Not… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
They've got lots of theories, books, sciences - I've read a lot of those books. Most of them are pretty unhappy. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I separate myself from my characters as much as possible, but I have these books that I create which are interactive diaries/timelines/memory… — Sydney Sweeney Copy Share Image
People focus on the darker female characters in my books, but for every one of those, I can also show you an… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
You don't go to other books and take little pieces because although say a romantic scene may have been many times before… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I'm reading "The Sunset of a Splendid Century" by W.H. Lewis. He was C.S. Lewis's brother. He wrote two books about the… — Stephen Dobyns Copy Share Image
We try to exert a Ted Williams kind of discipline. In his book The Science of Hitting, Ted explains that he carved… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A book is a product of a pact with the Devil that inverts the Faustian contract, he'd told Allie. Dr Faustus sacrificed… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“The digital book has no front or back covers; there is no place to assert ownership, and there is nothing to own.… — Alex Beam Copy Share Image
Yes, I know, shaming, isn't it? I always say you can take the girl out of the 80s, but you can't take… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
“The book covers are a crucial part of my work - personally speaking. Particularly because, I cannot write a single word of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Violence has been a part of storytelling forever and there's obviously a reason for it. Fairy tales are really violent, the original… — Jane Levy Copy Share Image
Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
As a comic book artist, once you become a master, you end up a slave. In fine art you're always free... since… — Mark Kostabi Copy Share Image
As I was reading the book [Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries] I kept thinking, "Sweetie, you are dancing as… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
Most great books have been about striving in some sense. In a sense, money is the great topic of the novel. You… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“Doost", Ahmed voiced. "Doost",he repeated softly,shutting his eyes. The word felt like a caress. "what does it mean?" 'It means "The Friend","The… — Muriel Maufroy Copy Share Image
I will lead you to the City Hall, clean out the police force, hang the Prosecuting Attorney, burn every book that has… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
I'm a private person. I don't want to write a book because I know the story and feel no need to tell… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of… — Adelise M. Cullens Copy Share Image
If I am not with my daughter, that's when all my meetings happen. That's when I get right on a plane. That's… — Bethenny Frankel Copy Share Image
It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself. — Henry Allen Ironside Copy Share Image
I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to them. And if they… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
The really beautiful thing about each book of the Bible is that you can find God's love through each chapter because God… — Jennifer Rothschild Copy Share Image
“This book is a guide to living life the right way, like the Bible is for crazies and weak people (JK, bro),… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
Homeliness is almost as great a merit in a book as in a house, if the reader would abide there. It is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our house was awash in books, and my mother doled out her favorites like they were special treats - which they were. — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Education today is a process of filling the mind with the contents of books, emptying the contents in the examination hall and… — Sai Baba Copy Share Image
There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
You may dream freely when you listen to music as well as when you look at painting. When you read a book… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata… — Samuel Barber Copy Share Image
I've learned to really love revision over the years and worked hard to build up my craft muscle to make my revisions… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit… — Jacqueline Emerson Copy Share Image
For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
Body have to physically strong and sturdy. Spiritually balanced fi clean and purge me. Mentally advanced fi always urge me. Read a… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image