“A single act for humanity is better then write hundred books on humanity” — Farhan Muhammad khan Copy Share Image
I've been reading since I could read, which was about four or five years old. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Most people do not pay attention to the publisher's imprint on a given book. — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
If ever you've been down in the dumps, hear these iconic authors share with you more than their writing wisdom. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I'm not really one for reading books. I have a very poor attention span. I'd rather listen to music, play games or… — Olly Murs Copy Share Image
Some days I wish I were a character from a book with set lines to say and the best possible ending written… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
“Should women read, Miss Caine? There’s a question for you. Does it excite them too much?” — John Boyne Copy Share Image
His books are exciting and powerful and — if I may filch the word from the booksy ones — pulsing. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
The novel is not so much a literary genre, but a literary space, like a sea that is filled by many rivers. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“Outside, across the putrid moat and under the dark mute trees, I would often lie and dream for hours about what I… — H.P Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Literature is a form of permanent insurrection. Its mission is to arouse, to disturb, to alarm, to keep men in a constant… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Away with old Romance! Away with novels, plots and plays of foreign courts; Away with love-verses, sugar'd in rhyme, the intrigues, amours… — John Keats Copy Share Image
We are told by media - books, television, reality shows - that heartbreak is this terrible thing and yet we should seek… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
You can't just be you. You have to double yourself. You have to read books on subjects you know nothing about. You… — Mary Wells Lawrence Copy Share Image
Boswell: But, Sir is it not somewhat singular that you should happen to have Cocker's Arithmetic about you on your journey? Dr.… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
writers are makers, not just transmitters, of myths. Literature offers not only myths but counter-myths, just as life offers counter-experiences - experiences… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a novel. At 12 I knew, I am a writer. I said it to nobody. — Peter Bichsel Copy Share Image
“I've been in love 300 times in my life, all but 5 were with books.” — Lee Glickstein Copy Share Image
I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“I get a glimpse of the mind of many souls from their sacred books.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
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