What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
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A Million Little Pieces. I wanted the stories in the book to ebb and flow, to have dramatic arcs, to have the… — James Frey Copy Share Image
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Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
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The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able… — Jeremy Luke Copy Share Image
Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Here, my dear Lucy, hide these books. Quick, quick! Fling "Peregrine Pickle" under the toilette -throw "Roderick Random" into the closet -put… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
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Anthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has… — Michael J. Sullivan Copy Share Image
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My point here, young couples, is that baby-having is extremely serious business, and you probably don't have the vaguest idea what you're… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
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I am primarily a writer of books, and I enjoy that. But I come to realize that a lot of people prefer… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
From the Book of Mormon come other precious promises, including promises of peace, freedom, and blessings if we 'will but serve the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
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Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let… — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
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My little book of stories, 'Souls in the Twiligh,' may have to stand in for all the other things I have wanted… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
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This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my… — Isaac Mayer Wise Copy Share Image
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Elvis Presley is all there is. There just ain't no more. Everything starts and ends with Elvis. He wrote the book. He… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
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