The old man was peering intently at the shelves. 'I'll have to admit that he's a very competent scholar.' Isn't he just… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
The Bodleian Library, next to the Sheldonian, is one of the great libraries of the world. As well as holding most of… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
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“It might have been brief, but so much of a kiss - a first kiss especially - is the moment before your… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it… — Dilys Laing Copy Share Image
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and… — Vance Joy Copy Share Image
I'm never quite sure what I'm looking for in a comic book! It just jumps off the page somehow and hits you… — William Katt Copy Share Image
People say, 'All my son will read is 'Captain Underpants,' or 'My son is crazy about shark books, is that O.K.?' I… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
Common sense should tell us that reading is the ultimate weapon--destroying ignorance, poverty and despair before they can destroyus. A nation that… — Jim Trelease Copy Share Image
Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The letters I get on the Internet and the responses to my books make it very clear that something is trying to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
I think a lot about race and the burdens of representation. There's an idea that because I'm writing a book set around… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants,… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
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I feel a reassuring oneness with other people when I find that even my most intimate, anguished, socially inadmissible emotions and desires… — Yi-Fu Tuan Copy Share Image
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Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. When… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“I hope you’re not planning on kicking me,” he said, not even bothering to look up from his book, “as hard as… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
though he found that if you are stupid enough to bury a camera underground you won't be taking many pictures with it… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic,… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image
There was only one elective at my college for acting, but thank God for that elective because we had a great teacher… — Nestor Carbonell Copy Share Image
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A Ten-Point Plan for Increased Spirituality: 1. Read Scriptures Daily. 2. Pray Fervently and Sincerely. 3. Fast Meaningfully. 4. Retire Early and… — Joe J. Christensen Copy Share Image
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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In an age when other fantastically speedy, widespread media are triumphing, and running the risk of flattening all communication onto a single,… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“A child's parents should be able to forbid their son or daughter from reading a book of mine or anyone else's. However,… — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
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If you wait until you got time to write a novel, or time to write a story, or time to read the… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
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I've been writing the show with Nigel Coan, the director of 'Luxury Comedy', and Tom Meeten. Three's good. With two, you can… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
I am opposed to writing about the private lives of living authors and psychoanalyzing them while they are alive. Criticism is getting… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The first hit on the nervous system is the one I'm most interested in, because I think if you hit the reader… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
