This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved,… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“That summer, Lee Harvey Oswald handed out pro-Castro literature stamped with the address 544 Camp Street, a commercial building. This was a… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“For his book Willpower, psychologist Roy Baumeister analyzed findings from hundreds of experiments to determine why some people can retain focus for… — Jocelyn K. Glei Copy Share Image
“No one stepping for the first time into a room made of books can know instinctively how to behave, what is expected,… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
My goal is to create a book where the entire book-text, pictures, shape of book-work together to create the theme. The placement… — Chris Raschka Copy Share Image
Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to have fully… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Education from six-year-old to 14 is compulsory in Nigeria, but the simple fact is that a lack of resources, coupled with peoples'… — Jay-Jay Okocha Copy Share Image
“...and I had a great curiosity to talk to the books, as I thought they did; and so to learn how all… — Olaudah Equiano Copy Share Image
“The Untheory of Evolution, and Other Scientific Studies Including Hunting, Fishing, and Sex" by William C. Berdine needs to be available to… — William C. Berdine Copy Share Image
“The author recognizes the power of the persecuting tribe referring to members of hers consistently as "snakes" or "roaches". This dehumanizing language,… — Immaculee Ilibagiza Copy Share Image
Finding a title for a book is something that I work really hard at ... So, in Salt, I realized that the… — Helen Frost Copy Share Image
I am always amazed by the novel angles that people come up with for kids' Christmas books. Even if a family is… — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
“Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she looked at… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“The day before the Queen's Ball, Father had a visitor--a very young girl with literary aspirations, someone Lord Lytton had recommended visit… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." Reason is a light, reasoning a process.… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“...for some of us, books are as important as anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these… — Anne Lamont Copy Share Image
“All novels are impossible. We would not wish to read them if they were not. Can you imagine how dull a tale… — Caitlin Williams Copy Share Image
“Recently there came a period when I had little to do. This was novel in a life so crammed with busy years,… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“As I walked in the dark through the tunnels and tunnels of books, I could not help being overcome by a sense… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I've soaked up so much through dancing, but I also have to be still. I want to be silent and read, to… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
“new disciples of La Familia Michoacana, a bloodthirsty Mexican drug cartel, are reportedly forced to read the works of John Eldredge, an… — Tom Wainwright Copy Share Image
If 'Mystery Train' is my Nixon book and 'Lipstick Traces' my Reagan book, 'Invisible Republic' is my Bill Clinton book. I really… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
“Libraries, whether my own or shared with a greater reading public, have always seemed to me pleasantly mad places, and for as… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“Truman had been sitting in a chair in the bedroom with several new books stacked on a table beside him. Did the… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
That so many writers have been prepared to accept a kind of martyrdom is the best tribute that flesh can pay to… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“Well…it’s whether you want to face certain death by taking a risk on the other route or almost certain death by scaling… — Adele Rose Copy Share Image
I'm not the crazy chick that people think I am. I am truly a human being, I'm not just this suspicious character… — Keke Wyatt Copy Share Image
At first critics classified authors as Ancients, that is to say, Greek and Latin authors, and Moderns, that is to say, every… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Islam’s all about knowledge, right? Muslims know everything. We seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. We seek knowledge even if… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
“Really good work probably comes out of a willingness to disclose yourself, open yourself up in spiritual and emotional ways that risk… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“You like almost every genre, but you’re a binge genre reader. When you’re on a science-fiction kick, you stay with sci-fi for… — Ellery Adams Copy Share Image
At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
A novel is like a long relationship and a short story is a brief one that lingers - it lingers powerfully and… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
I learned capacity for self-reflection very early, finding it through interior monologues that books are so good at and that visual media… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Back then I could not understand one word of what I read. Reading did, however, give me heart. Even if you cannot… — Peter Hoeg Copy Share Image
“Working on the Dark Side of the Moon" is meant to lift the curtain on secret places where smart, dedicated people work… — Thomas Reed Willemain Copy Share Image
