I love writing for myself. I read them [my stories], I cry over them sometimes. — Grace Ogot Copy Share Image
It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Books are so full of thoughts that some of them have learned to think.” — Henry Hitchens (Browse Copy Share Image
I have been shown so much kindness in my life, so for me to write books about good, kind people seems completely… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
It frequently happens that I begin a novel with just a visual image of something, a vague sense of people in three… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
Those who say they would write a book if only they had time will never become authors. — Catherine Cookson Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people… — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
“Our tradition says that Jesus is God. Maybe we should act as if we think he is instead of worshipping a book.” — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“You, Book! You are the only one who won't deceive, won't attack, won't insult, won't abandon! You're quiet - but you laugh,… — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
As populations crowd toward the ocean's edge and the sea encroaches menacingly toward the land, John R. Gillis looks at the history… — Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Copy Share Image
I began this book with the intention of concealing nothing, that those who liked might have the benefit of perusing a fellow… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
“The choice of the point(s) of view from which the story is told is arguably the most important single decision that the… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“Denis Waitley, the author of The Psychology of Winning and The Joy of Working, who defines procrastination as “a neurotic form of… — Neil A. Fiore Copy Share Image
“Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean?… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you're not going to… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“I write because it’s a way of puzzling out answers to situations in the world that I don’t understand. The act of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“I can't read Mason & Dixon , since my mind's so shitty, I can't process it!” — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
It is more difficult to keep the attention of hearers than of readers. — Lascelles Abercrombie Copy Share Image
“This book is written with an open mind and it should be read with the same” — Adrian Sandvaer Copy Share Image
What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
What really makes a home a home is seeing the books of whoever lives there. — Antonia Lofaso Copy Share Image
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