A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
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I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
America was good enough to make a small compact lighter weight nuclear weapon. The Russians still had these big clunky heavy ones,… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
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Nothing could be slow enough, nothing lasts too long. No pleasure could equal, she thought, straightening the chairs, pushing in one book… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I'm aware that many of my friends will be saddened and shocked, or shock-saddened, over some of the chapters in 'The Catcher… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
Virtue," he said. "The real thing. It's not some kind of cuddly teddy bear you can keep on the shelf until you… — Diane Duane Copy Share Image
There's a difference between a caper and a prank. A prank is like playing Ding-Dong-Ditch, you know, you ring the doorbell and… — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
It (suicide) became a possibility like Maybe when I grow up, I will be dead. Life was a cake that looked good… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to be… — Ed Stoppard Copy Share Image
The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain… — James Lane Allen Copy Share Image
At last some time for pleasure trips And do what you want to do The time to just take your time It's… — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, even those… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
When my father first took me to Ennis Library I went down among the shelves and felt company, not only the company… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
Having written pilots, in recent years, for networks that are dusty on a shelf somewhere, I was growing more and more impatient… — Tommy Dewey Copy Share Image
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The valuable library of Alexandria was pillaged or destroyed; and near twenty years afterwards, the appearance of the empty shelves excited the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
