All the wonders of the Greek civilization heaped together are less wonderful than the single book of Psalms. Greece had all that… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Kill me, Doug. Just kill me now. Put me out of my misery.” “Christ, Kincaid, what did you say to him?” murmured… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
The novel at its nineteenth-century pinnacle was a Judaized novel: George Eliot and Dickens and Tolstoy were all touched by the Jewish… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I did one interview with the Atlantic. It was very interesting; I could write an entire book on that one experience. I've… — Paul Marcarelli Copy Share Image
A lot of the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is about karma and rebirth. Things like that are very attuned to… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
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Among the numerous requisites that must concur to complete an author, few are of more importance than an early entrance into the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness; the self is a book of many volumes which you cannot read in a day,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
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Most new moms, and even experienced moms, have questions in the months after giving birth. Pregnancy books don't explain everything, and you… — Molly Sims Copy Share Image
It was never the case that prisoners were simply allowed unlimited parcels - books or otherwise... It would be a logistical impossibility… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
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There is a universe behind and before him. And the day is approaching when closing the last book on the last shelf… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
There was a best-selling book in the late '60s and '70s called 'The Adventurers' by Harold Robbins. The lead character's name was… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
The first time I met Harrison, I think, was at the very first read through of the script. As anyone would be,… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
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When you write a novel, there’s a level at which you are much more revealing about who you are because you’re less… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package,… — Ellen Raskin Copy Share Image
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I love books; my suitcases are always full of them. Books and shoes. I read when I am sad, when I am… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
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Everybody is different. Some writers can write reams of great books and then J. D. Salinger wrote just a few. Beethoven wrote… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
It's easy to dismiss Cheeseburger. You look at him as a guy who is 5'8, 125 pounds, very inexperienced. I know not… — Christopher Daniels Copy Share Image
“It’s because I want you to remember that character counts. You can be the best there ever was at something, but if… — Chris Fabry Copy Share Image
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I look at comic books, and I do very eclectic mood boards with ideas and images that have to do with a… — Alexandra Byrne Copy Share Image
To live in the world without becoming aware of the meaning of the world is like wandering about in a great library… — Manly Hall Copy Share Image
The ideal reader's the same, and I suppose this person has never had a face or a gender or an age. It's… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
...there is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just… — Ettore Sottsass Copy Share Image
“Consciously or unconsciously, the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not; the reader wishes to be told what is...… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
“Does a drawing of a candle in a book give light? Nothing drawn on paper will produce results. The Soul is worth… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The nature of the epistolary genre was revealed to me: a form of writing devoted to another person. Novels, poems, and so… — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
What I've discovered more recently is copies of books that I didn't represent, but that my boss represented when I assisted her… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
The literature is like that - they [unions] are constantly talking about the masses, the danger they pose, and how to control… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into womens books except for those… — Sherwood Smith Copy Share Image