She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
I don't want my kids to be on the streets period. I want my kids to be nerds. I want them to… — Lil Durk Copy Share Image
It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
“This book is for people who get too much email, which is a bit like saying, “This book is for people who… — Alexandra Samuel Copy Share Image
We would do well to ask ourselves the kind of fundamental questions posed by [Buruma's] erudite and thought-provoking book. — Jonathan Sumption Copy Share Image
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
For many, many years, I thought that I wasn't good enough or that I would never be able to create something that… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big… — Jude Deveraux Copy Share Image
In 1945, just at the end of World War II, the American poet Muriel Rukeyser wrote a remarkable book called The Life… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
The book, '12 Rules For Life,' is a very serious book. There's elements of humor in it, but I'm trying to struggle… — Jordan Peterson Copy Share Image
“And as is often the case, the people who would benefit the most from reading a book like this are the ones… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
And as for me, thogh that I can but lyte, On bakes for to rede I me delyte, And to hem yeve… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
All writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All the great naturalists have been habitual walkers, for no laboratory, no book, car, train or plane takes the place of honest… — Donald C. Peattie Copy Share Image
We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful,… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I'm a journalist, not an advocate, so I approached researching and writing the book the same way that I do any other… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The key word for my book The Woman in Black is unsettling... because you're not terrified all of the time or even… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and… — Lily King Copy Share Image
I hope never to retire. I write so many because it's the thing I like to do most - to write. And… — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different… — Lalla Ward Copy Share Image
I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
“I devoured the books because they were the rays of light peeking out from the doorframe, and perhaps past that door there… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
You can't really give away anything in your book ... should be exciting, it's my life, and I'm a cool and exciting guy. — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
“Romantics. This book does contain some romantic ideas, and romantic situations that are of the heart, nothing that is in anyway X… — Kevin Moccia Copy Share Image
Dance is low on the totem pole of the arts, because you're not left with a painting... a book that will stay… — Jerome Robbins Copy Share Image
As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character. — Matt LeBlanc Copy Share Image
There's an interesting book called The Fugu Plan, written by Marvin Tokayer and Mary Swartz, which describes the circumstances when European Jews… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
When I'm not working I'm a slug - a full slug. I am not good at the in-between. I'm either fever-pitched or… — Michael Kors Copy Share Image
There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the… — William Bolcom Copy Share Image
I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I think he must… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the… — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
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