For my part, the good novel of character is the novel I can always pick up; but the good novel of incident… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
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Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature. — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
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Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up. — Shawn Ashmore Copy Share Image
I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
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No common-place is ever effectually got rid of, except by essentially emptying one's self of it into a book; for oncetrapped in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“Heretics are the only [bitter] remedy against the entropy of human thought. ("Literature, Revolution, and Entropy")” — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
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Political books are so often written from the perspective of the politicians, not from the point of view of the people. — Jess Phillips Copy Share Image
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[the best advice about women] was from Robert Evans. The line was in his book, but he told me, "When it comes… — Slash Copy Share Image
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