The culture of a civilization is the art and literature through which it rises to consciousness of itself and defines its vision… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it. — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
You can look for your power all you want. But you have to look deep inside you to find it. It will… — Jade Copy Share Image
There will be books written about Harry. Every child in the world will know his name. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Open ya book, chapter begin all black k, mac wit a fin, shit go blat get back its a wrap fall back… — Reed Copy Share Image
Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project. — Charles Bock Copy Share Image
Books swept me away, this way and that, one after the other; I made endless vows according to their lights for I… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“And then—the languid hands dropped the uncut book. War, revolution, an absurd marriage, being chosen as the “dictator of his home town,”… — Teffi Copy Share Image
“So…you're not going to tell me what they mean? C'mon. What's the Hob? Why Forks?” When I stand, I switch to my… — Anne Eliot Copy Share Image
“If you take one thing from this book let it be this: even the dying are alive. If you're a reader with… — Hannah Hodgson Copy Share Image
The digital age is for me in many ways about temporal wounding. It's really messed up our ontological clocks. In the digital… — Masha Tupitsyn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think my ability to concentrate is being nibbled away by the internet; other times I think it's being gulped down… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“I got wiring loose inside my head I got books that I never ever read I got secrets in my garden shed… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I can understand pulling a book whose contents have been questioned - after all, false information has a way of sticking in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big… — Steven Saylor Copy Share Image
“Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina" when asked the three best novels of all time.” — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand. — Bette Greene Copy Share Image
If there is no love between the author and the story, there is no love between the reader and the story. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
I take a lot of trains, so I love reading on the train. I get really annoyed when there are no delays,… — Zoe Ball Copy Share Image
When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time. — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I envy them, those monks of old; Their books they read, and their beads they told. — George Payne Rainsford James Copy Share Image
As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books. — A. Edward Newton Copy Share Image
When I read a script, I have to see the funny, and if I can see it's funny, it helps me to… — Jessica Walter Copy Share Image
If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that I have a favorite either on-screen or in the books! Whenever I'm writing, I'm always really excited to… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
My idea of a fun night was diving into a massive pile of To Be Read pile of books stacked near my… — Jeff Sampson Copy Share Image
People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
A novel, in the end, is a container, a shape which you are trying to pour your story into. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“Think of the very words “novel,” “romance” — what do they mean but exaggeration of one bit of life?” — George Gissing Copy Share Image
“The happy endings in books don´t exist in real life, in real life there area always the losers.” — Sampo Miettinen Copy Share Image
Some boys think of girls like books. If the cover doesn't catch their eyes, they won't even bother to read what's inside. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are books that inspired me the first time round and re-reading them just reignites that. — Edith Bowman Copy Share Image
What to Expect When You're Expecting' was gifted to me by my best friend Antara, a new mom herself. The book helped… — Koel Mallick Copy Share Image
She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation. — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
I still see referees officiating based on names on the front and back of jerseys and not based on how the rules… — Tim Donaghy Copy Share Image
The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
