“One of the richest pleasures I know of is being housebound because of the wild winter weather outside. With your family about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I'm not difficult," Violet said. "I'm simple. I like good books and clever conversation and being left alone much of the time.… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
“It is, incidentally, a favour that e-books have done for the Good Bookshop: they have made books beautiful again. A few years… — Mark Forsyth Copy Share Image
“You should spend more time reading the Good Book and less reading all those novels. What are you going to tell the… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“I always say—a prejudice on my part, I'm sure—you can tell a lot about a person's character from his choice of sofa.… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Activities are more likely to be rewarding if they are out of the house, involve other people, and require physical activity. If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“What this amounts to, and what makes the critic with his nose for genre and structure so nervous, is that by all… — Edward Whittemore Copy Share Image
One of the more interesting things I've learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you'll generally like… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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No matter how people mess with you or let you down, or how you let yourself down, a good book means that… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“If my life were a book, I would have masking tape holding my hinges together. My pages would be loose, my edges… — Kate Carlisle Copy Share Image
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[Among the books he chooses, a statesman] ought to read interesting books on history and government, and books of science and philosophy;… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life. That's a… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
Luckily, I remembered something Malcolm Cowley had taught us at Stanford - perhaps the most important lesson a writing class (not a… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
One good thing about a good book or a good film, or maybe even a song, I'm not a musician but I… — Kleber Mendonca Filho Copy Share Image
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In any creative process, the hardest thing is putting the pen to paper. You walk around the room staring at a blank… — Nav Copy Share Image
You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
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I think it's a fallacy to say that a good book sells itself. It doesn't happen. I'm a voracious reader and I… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
“[...]No book can be really complete in this life; it has to end where the author's time and understanding end. There is… — Kathryn Lindskoog Copy Share Image
“Nora, I believe life’s like a good book. Time makes up the pages that will be your story. Every time your life… — Elizabeth Isaacs Copy Share Image
Here's what I mean by the miracle of language. When you're falling into a good book, exactly as you might fall into… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
That's cool your dutghaer likes to write. My dutghaer wants to be a scientist. She likes to read when she finds books… — Nany Copy Share Image
If I were reading a book and happened to strike a wonderful passage I would close the book then and there and… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
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Those who make accusations & then say but dont mention MY name! have something to hide. They are either liars, troublemakers, deceivers,… — Mufti Ismail Menk Copy Share Image
Ah, 'Kismet,' or Carry On Camel, as we called it. I thought the show was shocking. It was the worst designed production… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
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I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life and there has never been a time… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
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