It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
A blessing on the printer's art!-- Books are the mentors of the heart. — Sarah Josepha Hale Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, when you look at the amount of comic book heroes out there, minority heroes are few and far between. — Cress Williams Copy Share Image
I had been attempting novels since I was 14 but always ran out of steam. High hopes, poor craftsmanship. — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Piece by piece I sent my first book of poems to American Poetry Review and was rejected one by one. — David Berman Copy Share Image
I feel about lending a book the way most fathers feel about their daughters living with a man out of wedlock. — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“I love buying and collecting good books: I am passionate reader. This is my sacred life.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best book on programming for the layman is 'Alice in Wonderland'; but that's because it's the best book on anything for… — Alan Perlis Copy Share Image
The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I had just prayed, Oh God, please help me! I want to serve you, but I don't know how. I don't know… — Helen Goldie Copy Share Image
The evolution of technology is, like the evolution of literature, heavily path-dependent. Culture plays a far more important role in the acceptance,… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“Looking through this intimate window, readers have a choice about their own lives. Will they guard their own internal landscapes or lay… — damali ayo Copy Share Image
When I go on vacation, I take very few clothes and a whole lot of books. It's the most soothing thing in… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what's the purpose of reading, and maybe that it's… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
It's funny: I spend time in the book criticizing social media, but I'm also aware that a lot of my success is… — Kim Stolz Copy Share Image
