No matter how troubled a character's history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
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[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
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The only thing I hope for is that, regardless of what the outward world is for different people, different nations, I hope… — Vera Pavlova Copy Share Image
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Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
In my profession it isn’t a question of telling good literature from bad. Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
Blue Book was now under direct orders to debunk. . . I remember the conversations around the conference table in which it… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I believe that everyone, some time or other, dreams that he is reading papers, books, or letters; in which case the invention… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
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From a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for the deep understanding of the literature; not… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
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