A guide book is addressed to those who plan to follow the traveler, doing what he has done, but more selectively. A… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
And if I were to ask myself from what literature we who have been nurtured almost exclusively on the thoughts of Greeks… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
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Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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It is a happy day when I am asked to publicly recommend a book. It is also a dilemma. When I consider… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, most of the books written about the subject aren't very good because they just focus on the more hateful movies… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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I'm a science fiction author at heart, and what I like about the Cthulhu Mythos setting is that, at its core, it… — David Conyers Copy Share Image
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Ten guards and the warden couldn't have torn me out of those books. Months passed without even thinking about being imprisoned…I had… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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My first book, 'To Engineer Is Human,' was prompted by nonengineer friends asking me why so many technological accidents and failures were… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
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