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An act of justice closes the book on a misdeed; an act of vengeance writes one of its own — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down. — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
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Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
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I don't feel a connection with younger people or with Generation X, or any generation, I feel. If I felt a connection… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
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If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Now this was like trying to comprehend all the activity of an anthill, and read all the words in a book, and… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
The governess was not much liked in the village. She was too tall, too fond of books, too grave, and, a curious… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything — Thomas Nixon Carver Copy Share Image
I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves. — Matt Bomer Copy Share Image
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When I get close to an election, I look to 'Lamar Alexander's Little Plaid Book' for inspiration. — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
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I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I… — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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“[Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important.” — John Sutherland Copy Share Image
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
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Cracking the Ice scores the literary equivalent of a hat-trick: funny, harrowing and finally, heartfelt. This book is a winner. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Style has always been in my mind the author's Self, the creative expression of that Self. — Whit Burnett Copy Share Image
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