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“Do you know my attitude? Books, scriptures, and things like that only point out the way to reach God. After finding the… — Sri Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
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Literature is claimed to be a mirror of the world,” I said, “but the Outlanders are fooling themselves. The BookWorld is as… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
We really set out in all our books to say something. Every one is an effort to bring the reader over and… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature,… — Edith Schaeffer Copy Share Image
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Having books published is very destructive to writing. It is even worse than making love too much. Because when you make love… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Suffice it to say, lasting love is worth it. It’s worth starting and finishing this book, worth renewing our minds to healthier… — Laura Gallier Copy Share Image
We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
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The riches of scholarship, the benignities of literature, defy fortune and outlive calamity. They are beyond the reach of thief or moth… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
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It has been the sad experience of many that much of the best and the most beautiful is lost to those whose… — Charles Webster Leadbeater Copy Share Image
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I don't think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is. It is a "hypaethral book," such as… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
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Emily Kendal Frey's The Grief Performance is a book that condenses a journey of finding and re-finding loss into beautiful packages. The… — Dorothea Lasky Copy Share Image
I LOVED this book so much more than the movie. I read the book bofere seeing it at the movies was so… — Samantha Copy Share Image
I have just written a book on the occupation of the Channel Islands, which is being published in Germany. Pursuing the Second… — John Nettles Copy Share Image
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I believe that Fairport, in all its incarnations, has almost single-handedly been responsible for and has written the book on the history… — Iain Matthews Copy Share Image
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