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Old books that we have known but not possessed cross our path and invite themselves over. New books try to seduce us… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
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“Apocalyptic literature was created to speak in a powerful way and with a dramatic seriousness that would match the sense of hopelessness… — William J. Abraham Copy Share Image
If some people read my fiction and see it as fundamentally about philosophical ideas, what it probably means is that these are… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
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Everybody's different and every person is different and every actor's different and everybody has different wants and needs, but I'm a kid… — Tim Rozon Copy Share Image
History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I worked as an actor for a few years before anything happened, so I'm used to going up for auditions, and then… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
“Almost every book in the NT has something to say about false beliefs and those who advocate them. We are warned, e.g.,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in my case. I re-read Pound… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
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Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some,… — Anne Rivers Siddons Copy Share Image
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
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“The Cool Stuff Theory of Literature is as follows: All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
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I also really like to read good books and I don't have enough time to do it. So it's really hard for… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
The author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense… — Garance Dore Copy Share Image
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The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader's experience. If it's a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it's… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
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For notes related to books I'm writing, I've wondered whether I should organize my notes better, but I do find that the… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
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The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them,… — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
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