Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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I write early in the morning. I just wake up whenever I feel awake and I have to be sitting and writing… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
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I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
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I was under the influence of the early modern masters, Fitzgerald and Steinbeck and Hemingway, especially, when I was a kid. I… — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
It's going to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, but you need to take all the books down and put them on the floor.… — Marie Kondo Copy Share Image
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Hopefully my books are improving. One of the ways I find motivation to improve is looking at someone who is already at… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
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I've always said if somebody wrote a book and they took their whole life to learn that knowledge in that book, why… — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
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