“Five more minutes of reading this and she'd have been in a coma.” — Kelly Armstrong Copy Share Image
The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I wrote my first story in second grade, and was trying novel-length by sixth. — Brian Hodge Copy Share Image
When I read it ["Tough Guys Don't Dance"], I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
“John Hawkes is an extraordinary writer. I have always admired his books. They should he more widely read.” — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I mean, there are peripheral things I do, I do photography, I write plays, I have books published, but that's neither here… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a greater blessing than to die in one's own bed, without warning or discomfort, on the last page… — John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Copy Share Image
Of course we all know that's not how life works. The novel that is our life can end at any time. Sometimes… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
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“Sigh. These were my people now that I was a writer, people who didn't understand anything. I mean, they understood perfectly the… — Claire Dederer Copy Share Image
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More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
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The main benefit of the book for the more experienced practitioners is as an evangelical tool. The book will give you some… — Jesse James Garrett Copy Share Image
Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Life is a book, you can't start a new chapter if you keep rereading the last. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
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She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
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