A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
“Books have a curious effect on those with certain predispositions to fall into obsession.” — Kane X. Faucher Copy Share Image
Knowledge and increase of enduring joy From the great Nature that exists in works Of mighty Poets. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
With my first book, I was hired to write a draft of the script. I was so young and less confident. They… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“To me, you are a book I have opened. I can't put it down. I need to know more.” — Jodi Ellen Malpas Copy Share Image
In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
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I enjoy the fact that we have these mobile comics now, which are sort of a cross between a comic book and… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“Anyone unable to understand how a useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Don't be the forgotten voice in an unwritten book. Ikke bli den glemte stemmen i en uskreven bok.” — Atle Jarnæs Lerøy Copy Share Image
But the participants [in war] never forgot the details of their experience, and like the Wandering Jew, they were condemned to remain… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
A breeze discovered my open book And began to flutter the leaves to look — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I need a book," Boyd said as he approached. The man stared at him, probably waiting for Boyd to say more. When… — Ais Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of writers. The best writers write children's books. — Richard Scarry Copy Share Image
I read my own books sometimes to cheer me when it is hard to write, and then I remember that it was… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The holy grail is right here in this gem of a book. Tosha Silver’s wisdom goes down as easy as a mint… — Lissa Rankin Copy Share Image
I think writing kind of burns out the flaming question. Sometimes it might feel like when you're living with certain paradoxes and… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
If your memory was OK you could descend upon on a bookshop – a big enough one so that the staff wouldn’t… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us.… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Christianity is based on a book. It centers in a Person. It expresses itself in a message. It authenticates itself in an… — J. Sidlow Baxter Copy Share Image
My husband asked me once why I read so many mysteries, and part of it is just intellectual, part of it is… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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