In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
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Words are the essence of culture. Books are pure essence. They are not for women or for men, but for all of… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
Even though Lyndon Johnson's presidency was in many ways scarred forever by the war in Vietnam, and destroyed in a lot of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Vitamin C is the world’s best natural antibiotic, antiviral, antitoxin and antihistamine. This book’s recurring emphasis on vitamin C might suggest that… — Andrew Saul Copy Share Image
The most reward experience is having another writer come up to you and say that they started writing because they read my… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Several years ago we added “my pleasure” to the manners chart after we read the book How Did You Do It, Truett?… — Jill Duggar Copy Share Image
Solitary reading will enable a man to stuff himself with information, but without conversation his mind will become like a pond without… — William Matthews Copy Share Image
“The name of the author is the first to go followed obediently by the title, the plot, the heartbreaking conclusion, the entire… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
One of our books has been made into a musical, 'The Great American Mousical,' which I directed at the Goodspeed Opera House… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
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What I ask of [the writer] is not to ignore the reality and the fundamental problems that exist. The world's hunger, the… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
All of the insights that we might ever need have already been captured by others in books. The important question is this:… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“They say the content and the cover are the most important things when it comes to a book or a novel, right?… — Jimmy Tudeski Copy Share Image
“If this were a book or movie, she thought, she'd be able to read the stars and get her bearings. Characters always… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Even if he was happier in Asia than he'd been in Latin America, the wanderlust still worked on my father's insides like… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
We are all the people we knew; all the books we read; all the roads we travelled; all the mistakes we made;… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief.… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
“She lays the book face down on her chest. Already her bedroom (no, their bedroom) feels more densely inhabited, more actual, because… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I really like the "two is better than three" line. People ask me is this drama or comedy? I just think the… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
“They should have a store next to the bookstore called the shit store where you can get shit books to read while… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
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I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing.… — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
A number of years ago, I found a book of photography by Weegee; he was a crime photographer in the 1930s in… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
There's a whole generation growing up thinking you shouldn't seek knowledge for its own sake, and that theatre and art and books… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making… — Lion Feuchtwanger Copy Share Image
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and reread them…digest them. Let them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Views of women, on one side, as inwardly directed toward home and family and notions of men, on the other, as outwardly… — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Copy Share Image
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“I've squeezed as many bookcases in this tiny space as possible. Being surrounded by books and magazines makes me feel calm. It… — Angelo Surmelis Copy Share Image
I wanted [the book 'There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] to be colorful. I wanted it to be evocative. I wanted… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Academic scientists aren't generally interested in books for the public. So when one comes out, the authors can't expect much praise from… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Helen Lowe writes wonderful stories, yes, but her work also speaks with lyricism to deeper questions of how we treat each other.… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
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