Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Every book read with pleasure up to its end deserves a five star rating.” — Niovi Lyri Copy Share Image
“The reader is someone with an attention span of about 30 seconds.” — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Do not try and argue the quality of literature to me,” Notak said, inflectionless. “You will lose.” — S.G. Night Copy Share Image
It's important to read a book, but also to hold the book, to smell the book... it's perfume, it's incense, it's the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
He is the channels of my TV He is the pages of my book He is the key to my door He… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'The Rose Society' was definitely the hardest book I've ever written, because it's so difficult to stay in that dark space. — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
What I need, as a reader, is a character with a heart and a voice and a pulse. I need a character… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
The subject of a novel is not the plot. Who remembers what happened to Lucien de Rebempre in the end? — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Malaria was one of the epidemic diseases with the most comprehensive records in traditional Chinese medical literature. — Tu Youyou Copy Share Image
“Writers don't just create pages in a novel, but depth to worlds that become a safe haven for those who wish to… — T.J. Mihaila Copy Share Image
I think there's a great difference in consciousness in that same way in that when we're young we read books for the… — John McGahern Copy Share Image
Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“In a fit of ambition I would start The Rainbow or Lord Jim, books I carried around school in the hopes that… — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
I had realized in the meantime that action too has its difficulties, and that one can also be led to it by… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The storyline of a fantasy novel is filled with such a sense of enchantment, beauty and strangeness; it allows the writer to… — Kate Forsyth Copy Share Image
“I divested myself of despair and fear when I came here. Now there is no more catching one's own eye in the… — Jane Kenyon Copy Share Image
“What are you doing with all these books?" I asked, stepping towards a tall stack on the floor. I ran my fingers… — Anna Carey Copy Share Image
“They showed me that it was not necessary to demonstrate facts: it was enough for the author to have written something for… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful. — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
Facebook, the only book that have different stories and characters in one page — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
History has an author who fills time and eternity with His purpose. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“We want the author to give us answers when all he can do is give us desires.” — Eric Karpeles Copy Share Image
The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
