It's another year, and a new chapter. The pages are blank, and ready for new beginnings. This book we called LIFE will… — Jhunna Rebusora Copy Share Image
My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his… — Ben Miller Copy Share Image
Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
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Learn to be good readers, which is perhaps a more difficult thing than you imagine. Learn to be discriminative in your reading;… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
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I read every screenplay that was being sent to the other directors. None were being sent to me, but I was reading… — Rupert Sanders Copy Share Image
I never, ever decided that I had to write a novel because, to me, there's no such decision that ought to be… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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What matters in the end in literature, what is always there, is the truly good. And- though played out forms can throw… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
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where I have seen good I shall speak of it with pleasure, and where I have seen the reverse, I shall try… — Isabel Burton Copy Share Image
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![“...both Tom and I adore detective stories. Isn't that so, Tom?" [Lady Brace] "Right!" agreed her husband…"But they've got to be proper detective stories. They've got to present a tricky, highly sophisticated problem, which you're given fair opportunity to solve." "And," amplified Virginia, "no…” quote by Carter Dickson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ae8/carter-dickson-39142_books_both-tom-and-i-adore-detective-stories-i_1313467.jpg)
![“I [read] "The Book of Unknown Americans," which is by a friend of mine, Cristina Henriquez, and is about two Latino, immigrant families who live in Delaware. I'm interested in reading things from different perspectives.” quote by Laila Lalami](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/e50/laila-lalami-25030_book_i-read-the-book-of-unknown-americans-whi_138706.png)
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