It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
We slept in the same bed. There was never a right time to say it. It was always unnecessary. The books in… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
It is a magic book. Words mean things. When you put them together they speak. Yes, sometimes they flatten out and nothing… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Life is just like a book. Only after you've read it do you know how it ends. It is when we are… — Carolina Maria de Jesus Copy Share Image
In an ancient and dead language, any recognition of living nature attracts us. These are such sentences as were written while grass… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I read so many books as a kid because I know that no matter how much I appreciate… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference… — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
One of my rigid goals is to keep each book under 300 pages because I think so much nonfiction is literally weighty… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
If we read books all the time we would be very unhealthy, as we would not get any fresh air, exercise, or… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else’s. She… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“They are the lost books,” he turned his head, grasping his cane and raising it aloft, as if speaking more to the… — Darius Jones Copy Share Image
If you are a gamer, it’s time to get over any regret you might feel about spending so much time playing games.… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
I always try to treat the book itself as the artwork. I don't want you to stop while you're reading one of… — Chris Raschka Copy Share Image
You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I agree with a lot of the points in Taleb's book, but I don't agree with many of his conclusions. It seems… — Robert F. Engle Copy Share Image
Most people don't realize how important librarians are. I ran across a book recently which suggested that the peace and prosperity of… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Probably because I personally knew at least six or seven people in Ross County who died from overdoses in the last three… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
Fantasy has a better chance of lasting than a lot of other things. The Hobbit and the Narnia books, they seem to… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We must have books for recreation and entertainment, as well as books for instruction and for business; the former are agreeable, the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The Interpretation of the Laws of Nature in a Common-wealth, dependeth not on the books of Moral Philosophy. The Authority of writers,… — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
The laureateship [of U.S. Children's Poet] has brought me a couple of appealing contracts, including my first anthology, the 200-poem The National… — J. Patrick Lewis Copy Share Image
I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
“Publishing a book is like planting a vegetable seed. The first day your book is out there is the same as seeing… — Kevin Ortegel Copy Share Image
Darwin's book is very important and serves me as a basis in natural science for the class struggle in history. One has… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Go ahead, throw this book away. Spit on me. Revile me. I dare you. Cast me out of your intellectual orbit. Throw… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
After I discovered the real life of mothers bore little resemblance to the plot outlined in most of the books and articles… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
I often feel that I have a split personality. I love more than anything to be in my study writing, but when… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
“What's wrong?" he asked. "What's wrong?" she repeated. "I don't know what's going on here but you need to put that book… — Alfred M. Struthers Copy Share Image
I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
We [psychonauts] are all going to go into the books as pioneers, because it's too early for us to be anything else.… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
While researching my first book, I discovered so many fascinating tidbits that I wanted to share them with readers to remind them… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
They tried boiling books, but that didn't work very well." "I'm surprised they haven't tried boiling one another." "Oh, it's been tried,"… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Little by little a planetary prayer book is thus being composed by an increasingly united humanity seeking its oneness. Once again, but… — Robert Muller Copy Share Image
When I first read the scenes I got to audition, I just could tell there was obviously something there. The writing speaks… — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
Damen is gorgeous. I know this without looking up. I just focus on my book as he makes his way toward me… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
“Why read? Because books are precious guides to our humanity—civilization’s backbone—that tenuous ridgeline that allows us to climb above the jungle and… — Carew Papritz Copy Share Image
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