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> [ \[A writer\] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore essentially clear and deep and honest than he himself is, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/a-writer-must-try-to-think-clearly-to-feel-deeply-to-write-honestly/)

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## More by Lawrence Clark Powell

> [I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/i-can-speak-of-my-own-criterion-for-judging-whether-or-not-a-book-is/)

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> [The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the power to see, to sense, and to say. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/the-good-writer-the-great-writer-has-what-i-have-called-the-three-s-s/)

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> [We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/we-are-the-children-of-a-technological-age-we-have-found-streamlined/)

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> [Books, books, books in all their aspects, in form and spirit, their physical selves and what reading releases from their hieroglyphic pages, in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/books-books-books-in-all-their-aspects-in-form-and-spirit-their/)

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> [Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/unless-their-use-by-readers-bring-them-to-life-books-are-indeed-dead/)

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> [We all think were going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectation aren't met, but sometimes our expectations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/we-all-think-were-going-to-be-great-and-we-feel-a-little-bit-robbed/)

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> [ \[A writer\] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/a-writer-must-try-to-think-clearly-to-feel-deeply-to-write-honestly/)

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> [No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/no-university-in-the-world-has-ever-risen-to-greatness-without-a/)

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> [I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/i-can-speak-of-my-own-criterion-for-judging-whether-or-not-a-book-is-2/)

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> [Reading books is good, Rereading good books is better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/reading-books-is-good-rereading-good-books-is-better/)

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> [Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books… To be in a library is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/believers-and-doers-are-what-we-need-faithful-librarians-who-are/)

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> [What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/what-makes-a-book-great-a-so-called-classic-it-its-quality-of-always/)

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> [A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions. Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book. It awaits its destined reader,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/a-book-is-one-of-the-most-patient-of-all-man-s-inventions-centuries/)

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> [Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/write-to-be-understood-speak-to-be-heard-read-to-grow/)

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> [Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-clark-powell/books-are-islands-in-the-ocean-of-time-they-are-also-oases-in-the/)

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