But, if we explore the literature of Heroism, we shall quickly come to Plutarch, who is its Doctor and historian. To him… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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Under the pretext of study we spent our hours in the happiness of love, and learning held out to us the secret… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
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Practically everything I did as an experiment while I was working on the book made me feel cold, angry, and decidedly peculiar.… — Joan Juliet Buck Copy Share Image
Almost every yogi that appeared in the book [The Yoga of Max's Discontent] is either somebody I have seen and met and… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books,… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
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Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
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It wasn't until my fifth or sixth book where I realized I'm trying to do the same thing in every story I… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
'Who's been repeating all that hard stuff to you?' 'I read it in a book,' said Alice. 'But I had some poetry… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
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All the great naturalists have been habitual walkers, for no laboratory, no book, car, train or plane takes the place of honest… — Donald C. Peattie Copy Share Image
Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never out of humor and they answer all my… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
“Freeman looked up and grinned. “Karl, this author is American and plainly loves twisted language. Listen: ‘The idiot god Azathoth, that last… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
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Readers tell me that my novels are filled with significant mothers. Do I realize this? Do I do it on purpose? The… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
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A nerd will be a nerd all his life. When we did The Nerd Book at National Lampoon, the nerds got picked… — John Hughes Copy Share Image
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I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
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I've had my nose in a book my whole life. I never thought it would be useful, but it is now. What's… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
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“Because of A Prayer for Owen Meany, many of my readers assume I am “religious.” I go to church only occasionally—like a… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The fact that people go to Portland to visit a tiny feminist bookstore-no matter what the impetus is for them getting there-the… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image