“Sometimes in life, as in literature, people get their just desserts. The greedy man loses everything because he cannot resist seeking more… — Elise Blackwell Copy Share Image
I know that an important message is not a novel. To say that we should all be kind to our neighbors is… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“You know what I say to people when I hear they're writing anti-war books? I say 'Why don't you write an anti-glacier… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I devour books. But for the longest time, I refused to pay attention to genre or labels. — Alison Tyler Copy Share Image
“Every profound literary work is a bridge between what we are and what we may become, not just as individuals, but as… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
“Books became my life, or maybe I should say books became the way I escaped from my life.” — Beth Hoffman Copy Share Image
“She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be… — Sarah Mayberry Copy Share Image
Books are defensive, not offensive (unless you're the puzzled adult trying to make the kid with the book interact). — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
At the end of our conversation she (Martha Stout) turned to address you, the reader. She said if you're beginning to feel… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I had been very dismissive of popular fiction - in fact, I'd refused to read it. And then I started working on… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“Readers are likely to come away from the book feeling better educated about investing and business, but whether those lessons will translate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
My favorite classic novel may be 'The Invisible Man.' It's smart and genuinely funny. Otherwise, my favorite character is probably Frankenstein's Monster/Frankenstein… — Adam Rex Copy Share Image
“Books have given me great stores of happiness, but if I am honest with myself I can see they have also taken… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
Crafted with care and with love, this beautifully constructed novel reveals hard truths and difficult secrets. Diana Davidson is a writer of… — Pauline Holdstock Copy Share Image
I didn't set out to write a book with no real male characters, but men were not important to my narrator, who… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
“Remember, you are the same today as you will be in five years, except for two things: the people you meet and… — Charlie "Tremendous" Jones Copy Share Image
I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
In your reading, find books to improve your color sense, your sense of shape and size in the world. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I will piss on deadlines. I will forget I am married. I will do nothing but read, read, read when it’s a… — Lainey Copy Share Image
Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being… — Antonio Tabucchi Copy Share Image
“Don't take a pretty book home just cuz it's pretty," Mom always said, "and a girl neither." Somewhere” — Aelius Blythe Copy Share Image
My very identities as a reader and a writer began at the Walt Whitman branch library. — Paula Spencer Copy Share Image
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor.… — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books. — Cardinal Richelieu Copy Share Image
I've always read voraciously since I was a kid and for me, there's no snobbery around books. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
“The world must be all fucked up," he said then, "when men travel first class and literature goes as freight.” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
As I get older and write more books I'm definitely allowing the humorous side of my personality more rein in my work. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
To me, this is one of the great things about writing kids' books: the illustrations. — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
The best proof of the specificity of the book is that it is at once a reality of the virtual and a… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
The Koran is a fascist book which incites violence. That is why this book, just like [Adolf Hitler's] Mein Kampf, must be… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
The tantras are ancient sacred books of India and Tibet. The tantras detail specific means for attaining liberation. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“History books are a record of events which bring us to the world in which we live today.” — Ian Davies Copy Share Image
'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
The English book world is relatively closed to translation, so only a small amount of foreign language work can come in. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Willmott, the English essayist, says poetry is the natural religion of literature. — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
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