Children's books aren't textbooks. Their primary purpose isn't supposed to be "Pick this up and it will teach you this." It's not… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
By the time I got to school, I had already read a couple hundred books. I knew in the first grade that… — Alan Kay Copy Share Image
I was a serious comic collector and fanboy as a kid. I wanted very badly to draw comic books for a lot… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity,… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“Bastian looked at the book. 'I wonder,' he said to himself, 'what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language… This plan would… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“In times of struggle, there are as many reasons not to read as there are to breathe. Don’t you have bigger things… — Erin Blakemore Copy Share Image
...Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker Street, buried among his… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Books were seen as a waste of time. What was the point, unless you were reading for information? To lose oneself in… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
Edwidge Danticat's prose has a Chekhovian simplicity--an ability to state the most urgent truths in a measured and patiently plain style that… — Madison Smartt Bell Copy Share Image
It is the assumption of this book that there is a typical human nature. It is the aim of this book to… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all. A… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I read a ton of nonfiction. I tend to read about a lot of very extreme situations, life-or-death situations. I'm very interested… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors. I love to hike, kayak, and swim. I also love… — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
“. . .what does the computer know of the comforting weight of a book in one's lap? Or of the excitement that… — Ammon Shea Copy Share Image
“You know that feeling when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There are people that you don't like because you're jealous of them until you meet them. And you haven't read their book… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
With ferocity and extraordinary craft, Lizzie Harris has made a book of poems that resonates far beyond the personal stories it tells.… — Meghan O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I… — John Galliano Copy Share Image
The conclusion of intelligent design flows naturally from the data itself—not from sacred books or sectarian beliefs. Inferring that biochemical systems were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“gazing down at the black water remembering all the stories of women who had thrown themselves into it. They'd done it for… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“…one of those long, romantic novels, six hundred and fifty pages of small print, translated from French or German or Hungarian or… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
Like a Chinese box, the world of the novel contained smaller worlds, and inside those were yet smaller worlds. Together, these worlds… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Einstein and the Quantum is delightful to read, with numerous historical details that were new to me and cham1ing vignettes of Einstein… — Daniel Kleppner Copy Share Image
I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people fall in love and deal with life's triumphs and… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
I think TV is a medium where you can be entertained, you can be informed, you can relax and you can escape… — Gerhard Zeiler Copy Share Image
I was carried away, swept along by the mighty stream of words pouring from the hundreds of pages. To me it was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Gardening is really an extended form of reading, of history and philosophy. The garden itself has become like writing a book. I… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually… — John Bellairs Copy Share Image
This one is from the immortals series i cant remember what book. Damen to Ever While we may judge things as good… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
"Ageism" or whatever you want to call it, is a very English phenomenon. You don't get it too much in many other… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
I am a reader. I am a writer. People assume I do these things to escape. You couldn't be more right. I'm… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
History shows us a lot of things. It shows why the Lord's Prayer includes the supplication: "And lead us not into temptation."… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
I believe in the magic of books. I believe that during certain periods in our lives we are drawn to particular books--whether… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Raven-haired writer Emer Martin is giving a lunchtime reading from her fabulous new novel, Baby Zero. Emer Martin is a brilliant writer,… — Olaf Tyaransen Copy Share Image
