The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will… — William McKinley Copy Share Image
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The world's literature and folklore are full of stories that point out how futile it can be to seek happiness. Rather, happiness… — Louis Binstock Copy Share Image
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Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“...the materials of genre - specifically the paired genres of horror and the fantastic - in no way require the constrictions of… — Peter Straub (Author Copy Share Image
I obviously read and adore traditional fiction. I teach traditional fiction, I also teach all kind of not-so-traditional fiction. And since I'm… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
The cool thing about comic books and prose is that if a reader gets confused on page 8, they can backtrack. With… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
One of my favourite contemporary fiction writers is a Texan, Ben Fountain. His extraordinary novel, Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk, all takes… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
The left's obsession with the high incomes of corporate executives never seems to extend to equally high - or higher - incomes… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“Wilke subscribed to the principles laid out in a seminal book about constraints in manufacturing, Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s The Goal, published in… — Brad Stone Copy Share Image
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“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The woman knelt among the books, touching the drenched leather and cardboard, reading the gilt titles with her fingers while her eyes… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Finding these events set down in the history book did not change her mind in the least, all the textbook did was… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Blue Book was now under direct orders to debunk. . . I remember the conversations around the conference table in which it… — J. Allen Hynek Copy Share Image
When I got hurt, I wanted to develop my skills from a storytelling perspective, do the work, read books. Develop things. To… — Baron Davis Copy Share Image
“One of the things I love about books is being able to define and condense certain portions of a character's life into… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
“I just want to say one thing. If I ever write a novel again, it's going to be in defense of weak… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“Author: A common gadabout who freely wanders over the landscape, picking up free words and squirreling them away for later use. Subsequently,… — Leopold Throckmorton Copy Share Image
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“Fact: Mrs. Isabella Beeton’s “Book of Household Management” did indeed describe housewives as Household Generals. This is Mrs. Steward’s favorite book, followed… — Vered Ehsani Copy Share Image
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“This, I found, was what happened so often to me in Turkey: You’re learning about a country, you have read books, and… — Suzy Hansen Copy Share Image
I believe that everyone, some time or other, dreams that he is reading papers, books, or letters; in which case the invention… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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“All the books helped him in some way or another. Quenton Cassidy was not enthusiastically going about the heady business of breaking… — John L. Parker Jr Copy Share Image
Foreigners have a complex set of associations in their minds when they think of America - from Iraq to 9/11, certainly, but… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
When you're chasing story lines, it's very challenging. It's hard enough to have a relationship in any case, let alone one where… — Spencer Pratt Copy Share Image
When I first told people I was writing a book, some would say that was interesting, but others thought it was some… — Alexandra Adornetto Copy Share Image
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