Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
Conversationis like the table of contents of a dull book… All the greatest subjects of human thought are proudly displayedin it. Listen… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“Every naskar material that exists outside the books, exists only to redirect you to the canon - the gifs, the voice recordings,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The group I am moving towards is at Caleb Garth's breakfast-table in the large parlor where the maps and desk were: father,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“When an idea suddenly appears I feel compelled to get it on paper and I keep writing until the flame disappears. Love… — Lee Bumbicka Copy Share Image
“- Dude, it's Jocelyn, I (Jordan) say looking over my shoulder nervously [...] - This isn't Jocelyn, B.J says sighing. It's Jordan.… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
A fantastic, gleeful, chrome-plated-slick debut of a novel. In Jonathan Chase, Markham has created the perfect cliche-shattering super spy while honoring the… — Greg Rucka Copy Share Image
But I give you my word, in the entire book there is nothing that cannot be said aloud in mixed company. And… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“ 'Till America has learned to love literature not as an amusement, not as a mere doggerel to memorize in a college… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
A lot of guys in the prison think they're bad. Some of them are, but when it comes to being bad in… — Tex Watson Copy Share Image
Like most writers, we like to find what we know and pass it along to anyone who cares. When that's done, as… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty,… — William Osler Copy Share Image
When we talk about novels, we don't often talk about imagination. Why not? Does it seem too first grade? In reviews, you… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I feel like people who criticize authors for being self-promotional fail to recognize that a lot of times their ability to continue… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
There's so much published by so many different publishers. Most of the time, I don't have to confront that, but walking into… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
That afternoon he told me that the difference between human beings and animals was that human beings were able to dream while… — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
“The answer is found in the analogy that one does not “find” one’s self. One creates one’s self. Magical power is accrued… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My stories may 'lack' the overall sparkly finish, but I enjoy writing them and publishing them. Not every book is perfect not… — laurie bowler Copy Share Image
“I have learned one lesson as a writer...keep writing and never throw any notes away. Written parts that can't be used today...may… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Personally, I never understood the power of having books written about your experience - whatever that experience may be - until I… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
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Read whatever chapter of scripture you will, and be ever so delighted with it - yet it will leave you as poor,… — William Law Copy Share Image
Culture survives in smaller spaces - not in the history books that erect monuments to the nation's grand history but in cafes… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
A couple of times he called the second he'd finished reading a novel and just had to tell me about it, and… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
“Reality is painful and imperfect ... That's just the way it is, that's how we distinguish it from dreams. When something seems… — José Eduardo Agualusa Copy Share Image
There are people that you don't like because you're jealous of them until you meet them. And you haven't read their book… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Look through the prayer books. You'll see lots of dates. You'll see names of Native Americans remembered. This was an open-sourcing project… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Everything progresses in waves. The march of civilization, the progression of worlds, is in waves. All human activities likewise progress in waves… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Jill Eisenstadt's comic second novel, 'Kiss Out,' is a work of such extravagant wackiness, eccentricity, and exuberance that any attempt to squeeze… — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
“Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Islamic myths are mostly actually plagiarized from the Christian ones, both biblically and in terms of modern creationism. If you read Islamic… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The conclusion of intelligent design flows naturally from the data itself—not from sacred books or sectarian beliefs. Inferring that biochemical systems were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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![“- Dude, it's Jocelyn, I (Jordan) say looking over my shoulder nervously [...] - This isn't Jocelyn, B.J says sighing. It's Jordan. Dude, try to play a better trick than that. You sound nothing like her. Plus your number came up on my caller ID. PS: maybe I'm just in a very good mood, but I keep…” quote by Lauren Barnholdt](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/fdb/lauren-barnholdt-3965_books_dude-it-s-jocelyn-i-jordan-say-looking-o_27613.jpg)
![“A lot of guys in the prison think they're bad. Some of them are, but when it comes to being bad in every sense of the word, I have been bad before and I can play the role pretty good. When I killed those people, they didn't exactly stand there and not do anything. I stabbed that guy [Frykowski]…” quote by Tex Watson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/00a/tex-watson-97546_book_a-lot-of-guys-in-the-prison-think-they-r_1369155.jpg)
