When a literary person's exhaustive work is over, the last thing he wishes to do is to talk books. — Fanny Fern Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to the figure of the ungrateful subaltern as a trope in literature. In real life, it is often dangerous to… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
“Reading books about gardens is a potent pastime; books nourish a gardener's mind in the same way as manure nourishes plants.” — Mirabel Osler Copy Share Image
I take pleasure as a reader in books that tease with a kind of urgency of the real, even if it's only… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
“Done to death by books? There were worse ways to go, even if you weren't a bibliophile.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
“This book was made much better with the help of our beta readers: Alia Renee Capodici,” — India Drummond Copy Share Image
I don't believe in children's books. I think after you've read Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Huckleberry Finn, you're ready for anything. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
“Jesus,” he said, exasperated. “When we leave here, I’m stopping to buy you a self-help book.” — Alison Bliss Copy Share Image
I find that balancing my life with my work with the kids at St. Jude, working on books, working on my career… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
“Richard put away the Narnia books, convinced, sadly, that they were an allegory; that an author (whom he had trusted) had been… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Do not fear to put novels into the hands of young people as an occasional holiday experiment, but above all, good poetry… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
While my chosen form of story-writing is obviously a special and perhaps a narrow one, it is none the less a persistent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With my writing, I try to do stuff I have not done before. Each time I sit down, I want to have… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish;… — Clarence Day Copy Share Image
“Could it be that the reason so many people believe that the Bible is God’s word is that so many people have… — Steve McRoberts Copy Share Image
The saints show us that being a baptized Christian means living as a new creation, rejoicing in a life radically different from… — Stephen J. Binz Copy Share Image
I love you now as I write this, and I love you now as you read this — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“A silly idea about a book of blessings couldn’t really work. Not seriously.” — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I don't read liner notes and stuff, and I don't read articles very often. — Spencer Krug Copy Share Image
A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer. — Dean Acheson Copy Share Image
“A book always tells more about the author than the protagonist himself.” — Sneha Mehta Copy Share Image
“Bullets aren't going to better the world, but books can, and will.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“My book isn't meant to be read all at once, but rather all in good time” — Justin Bienvenue Copy Share Image
