That's one of the many things about having the bookstore that I adore. I can walk into the store and say to… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Mary lifted her own steno book. Only about six pages old, it still had its cool, slim heft and straight cardboard covers.… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
I'm a girl from Sweden. I took a lot of risks and went to New York by myself when I was 19… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
It's difficult to write a book where a character is on virtually every page of the book but you cannot refer to… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
I think it is always a long shot getting a book made into a film. Making that book into a film is… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
The Book of Mormon is the "keystone" of our religion, and the Doctrine and Covenants is the capstone, with continuing latter-day revelation. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Of all literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was Philosophy and Opinions of… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
A terrific, stimulating book...Ramalingam clearly and engagingly shows how the use of complex adaptive systems thinking can significantly strengthen and enhance the… — Jerry Sabloff Copy Share Image
...the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. — Moses Copy Share Image
There are quite a number of people in the reading-room; but one is not aware of them. They are inside the books.… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
We are told in the Pentateuch, that god, the father of us all, gave thousands of maidens, after having killed their fathers,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to say that any… — Johann Most Copy Share Image
“The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to… — Marguerite Yourcenar Copy Share Image
In terms of music, each novel is different but I usually find my way into an era through the music. In this… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
He pointed the gun at me. Then he looked up at my hand & tilted his head slightly. - Journey, he said.… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
As hardly anything can accidentally touch the soft clay without stamping its mark on it, so hardly any reading can interest a… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“study: The reading of books or examination of other materials to gain knowledge. Page 5.” — Sean Clouden Copy Share Image
When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image