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Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
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I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
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I really want to write a novel. A few years ago I went so far as to do the cliché thing and… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I love language, words, and all the lovely, exciting, and heart wrenching things you can do with them. Pick the right ones,… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
“How many words grace the pages of this book! They are supposed to bestir memory. As if words could remember! For words… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
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So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. The unity and… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
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“of the growth of self-restraint. A starting point for Elias’s analysis was medieval treatises on polite manners such as the book On… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
For my second novel, The Apothecary's Daughter, my editor encouraged me to think of another unusual profession for a woman to have.… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
I recognize in [my readers] a specific form and individual property, which our predecessors called Pantagruelism, by means of which they never… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
I'm enrolled right now in the School of Life. I deferred from Sarah Lawrence, so I think I'm going to try to… — Emma Roberts Copy Share Image
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that,… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Currently I am working on another three books, doing a lot of magazine work, am shooting for fifteen stock agencies, plus my… — Nigel Dennis Copy Share Image
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
It may well be feared, that there is not enough Biblereading among us. It is not sufficient to have the Book. We… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
I've always been a homemaker, like, I like creating spaces. Even if I stay in a hotel, I'll unpack, I'll put my… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
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'Ageism,' or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Poetry is a rhythmical piece of writing that leaves the reader feeling that life is a little richer than before, a little… — Aileen Fisher Copy Share Image
And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“ Readin' all those books makes me wonder whether anyone ever dies natural." " They don't," said William mysteriously. " Robert says… — Richmal Crompton Copy Share Image
The first comic I read was a Spider-Man comic, and my introduction to it was through my family. My cousins are a… — Joivan Wade Copy Share Image
“Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews say that their Word… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image