“How about a kiss, Saumensch ?" He stood waist-deep in the water for a few moments longer before climbing out and handing… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“That's old Twoflower, Rincewind thought. It’s not that he doesn’t appreciate beauty, he just appreciates it in his own way. I mean,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book. — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“Martín de Córdoba, a distinguished Augustinian friar, disagreed strongly. In a book he wrote to guide Isabella in the exercise of authority,… — Giles Tremlett Copy Share Image
One of the most important elements of my identity is my identity as a reader. I love to read - really, if… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
He often envied people who hadn't read his favourite books. They had such happiness before them. — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
“For my books, I do everything short of writing my own reviews. Those I do tall.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
My father gave me free run of his library. When I think of my boyhood, I think in terms of the books… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
A romp in the hay lingers like the first line of a song, but your true love is the one you make… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it. — James Altucher Copy Share Image
“when introverts assume the observer role, as when they write novels, or contemplate unified field theory—or fall quiet at dinner parties—they’re not… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I've said this before, but I don't like putting captions in my comic books. I feel, for me, they become a crutch,… — Tom King Copy Share Image
“There must be something in books, things we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house, there must be… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“After investigating the government for more than two decades and authoring books on its secret programs, it’s been my experience that the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Yosef Tversky, the son of a rabbi, despised religion and loved Russian literature, and found a great deal of amusement in what… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“Why is it, Reverend Hale, that we must always laugh at our book, but always revere yours?” — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
Master storytellers like Jeffrey Archer and Arthur Hailey use simple language. But they manage to grab the attention of the readers right… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Whether you struggle to remember a client's name, aspire to learn a new language, or are a student battling to prepare for… — Daniel T. Willingham Copy Share Image
“The year after How to Read a Book was published, a parody of it appeared under the title How to Read Two… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them. — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
Yet when the books have been read, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them — Walter Farley Copy Share Image
Education ent only books and music - it's asking questions, all the time. There are millions of us, all over the country,… — Arnold Wesker Copy Share Image
“He has nothing personal against Christ; though raised Unitarian—with its glaring omission of Jesus and a hymnal so unorthodox that it was… — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
I am trying to reach people who would not normally head for the history section of a book shop or a library… — Princess Michael of Kent Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain’s words: Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” — Alan Russell Copy Share Image
I might spend 100 pages trying to get to know the world I'm writing about: its contours, who are my main characters,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Cultivate an appreciation and passion for books. I’m using passion in the fullest sense of the word: a deep, fervent emotion, a… — Cassandra King Copy Share Image
I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
I would say 'The Chill' by Ross Macdonald is sort of a prototypical example of how the private detective genre elevates itself… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
Reading books is fantastic. I didn't do it until ten years ago. It's great. — Sam Amidon Copy Share Image
“From "The Book That Changed My Life": -"But your journey is never over until you return from it to share with society… — Robert Ballard Copy Share Image
“I remember that story. You have read it four times." Samson shrugged. "Why should I stop with the first reading? Nobody says,… — Karen A. Wyle Copy Share Image
We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
“A sermon, well delivered, is more uncommon even than prayers well read. A sermon, good in itself, is no rare thing. It… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
