I feel, holding books, accommodating their weight and breathing their dust, an abiding love. I trust them, in a way that I… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
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We can read the paper or current magazines and learn about national and world events, think about controversial subjects, learn how to… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
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I didn't go to bookshops to buy. That's a little bourgeois. I went because they were civilized places. It made me happy… — Jerry Pinto Copy Share Image
For me, books are music for my mind and my imagination. When I am stuck in something I'm writing, I simply read… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
Naturally, the reader has access only to the events I show and the way I show them, but as has been said,… — John M. Ford Copy Share Image
Only idiots or snobs ever really thought less of 'genre books' of course. There are stupid books and there are smart books.… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
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Character drives the story, and the story drives the book. I don't think about where the action should go, or how much… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
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I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. [The Root's chairman] Henry Louis Gates… — Jurnee Smollett Copy Share Image
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Amoeba has her picture in the book, Proud Protozoon!-Yet beware of pride, All she can do is fatten and divide; She cannot… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
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