“I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.” — Ben Franklin Copy Share Image
Enjoy the tiny unexplainable second. You can learn whatever you want. — Jerril Thomas Abraham Copy Share Image
“The feeling of freedom is as precious as a fortune waiting to be told.” — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
I wish my BOOK OF LIFE was written in pencil,there are few pages I would like to erase, — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“. . . those far between moments when the roof no longer shuts out the stars.” — Robert Caples Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Haslam leaves us in no doubt what we are supposed to make of Matthews' mental world: this is gibberish and nothing more.” — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
“She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Freedom wanders in the landscape of the mind, and nourishes the deepest yearnings of the soul.” — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
I read more books for research purposes, whether it's a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies. — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
“The paths carved by the divine carpenter into her palms are actually treasure maps showing the way to heaven.” — J y Tacheva Copy Share Image
“The clown was an evil one. They’re either good or bad, and this one was definitely the latter.” — Chris Thrall Copy Share Image
“ Alexander Berkman was a self-declared atheist attempting to lift the stultifying fog of the gods from the mind of humankind.” — David Burns Copy Share Image
“Oh dear heart, save yourself. will you not sing yourself to sleep humming wishes you thought you wouldn't make. will you not… — Hannah Cao Copy Share Image
“If history is written by the victors, conspiracy theory is typically written by the losers, and there were few greater losers in… — Mike Jay Copy Share Image
“The people have realized that Martial Law is not law. A regime not established by law is devoid of the attribute to… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
“I could not feel, smell, see, hear, or taste the world around me. If I had allowed myself to experience these things… — Yeonmi Park Copy Share Image
“Just as Wallace learned and evolved, Ali was on his own journey of discovery. Starting out as a 15-year-old cook, Ali learned… — Paul Spencer Sochaczewski Copy Share Image
“This marriage had resulted from impulse: he had seen her on a high-flying swing at Tsarkoe Selo and her skirt, flared by… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
“There were two worlds, two lives, for each person: this one--brief, narrow, finite; and the hereafter-- eternal, limitless, infinite. Fame, to mean… — Courtney Anderson Copy Share Image
“I've seen so much and lived it all. I wanted to bite the earth and taste it. It is both bitter and… — Julie McSorley Marcus McSorley Copy Share Image
“England has her Stratford, Scotland has her Alloway, and America, too, has her Dresden. For there, on August 11, 1833, was born… — Herman E. Kittredge Copy Share Image
“The phone rang. It was a familiar voice. It was Alan Greenspan. Paul O'Neill had tried to stay in touch with people… — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
“Gustavo Arcos, a loyal revolutionary who was with Castro in the second car when they attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“Reading wasn't an attempt to educate myself. It was my chief escape from a world that, although gorgeous in landscape and rich… — Chris Offutt Copy Share Image
“And I *know* I wrote in the above that I hate biographies and reviews that focus on the psychological, surface detail, especially… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“I remember when Elvis died. I wrote my sentiments with words of a little girl in my dear diary, "Many people wanted… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
“River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, "If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me… — Gavin Edwards Copy Share Image
“Growing up in Fitzgerald, I lived in an intense microcosm, where your neighbor knows what you're going to do even before you… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
“Freedom was my daring travel companion on the thrilling ride of life.” — Beth Kempton Copy Share Image
“Parents should keep their kids engaged in positive activities as much as possible.” — Malik Wade Copy Share Image
I am not a historian. I don't see what I do as being a rival to biography. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“By now, he was also a 'Protestant Atheist', which he remained all his life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
