What's given, in fact, always depends on the person or thing it's given to. A minor incident in the street brings the… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
“Whatever evolution this or that popular character has gone through between the book covers, his fate is fixed in our minds, and,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“The greatest book is one written by your pen, but not exactly from your mind.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“I have often noticed that we are inclined to endow our friends with the stability of type that literary characters acquire in… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Read a book, words by words, to find a story within and be amazed. Your heart will make that poor written book… — Adam Aksara Copy Share Image
“One thing she did not know was the greatest book on human psychology is the Bible. If you were lazy and did… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
George Orwell's '1984' frequently tops surveys of our greatest books: it's not a celebration of poetic language. It's decidedly anti-literary, a masterpiece… — Graham Joyce Copy Share Image
“Gertrude Stein, when asked why she wrote, replied "For praise." Lorca said he wrote to be loved. Faulkner said a writer wrote… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I predict that this will be the greatest book ever and it will sell more than any other book in history — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as the greatest album ever. There's no greatest book, greatest human, greatest movie. At a push, the closest… — Richard Norris Copy Share Image
The greatest books in Russian literature are satires. Gogol's Dead Souls, for example, is a very over-the-top satire about life in Russia.… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
“We have it all arranged in our minds, and the less often we see a particular person the more satisfying it is… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“The greatest book ever composed was marked at one point unconventional. Also it was marked difficult to read, especially in its original… — Marcus G Monroe Copy Share Image
It's called 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' by Dave Eggers. It is absolutely everything the title implies. It's the greatest book… — Justin Hartley Copy Share Image
“For in those days I had no idea that many of the greatest books are like a forest, and that the best… — Anthony Esolen Copy Share Image
All the things I've read in my school books about England and the Queen were okay, but my eyes are the greatest… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I think perhaps the greatest book ever written was Ulysses by James Joyce. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The ultimate starting point for planning any adventure or expeditionby far and away the greatest book on earth — Ranulph Fiennes Copy Share Image
“If you want to know what's in motherhood for you, as a woman, then - in truth - it's nothing you couldn't… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“But it is the event horizon around a black hole where the Tull-Toks claim the greatest books are to be found. When… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“The greatest book in the world, the Mahabharata, tells us we all have to live and die by our karmic cycle. Thus… — Tarun J. Tejpal Copy Share Image
The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
