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As a writer, the most important thing for me is to continue to write, no matter where I am. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Let's put in place programs to ensure that all of our children are reading by third grade. — Valerie Jarrett Copy Share Image
Reading messed with my brain in an unaccountable way. It made me happy; or something. — Salvatore Scibona Copy Share Image
Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds… — Laura Whitcomb Copy Share Image
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I write to figure out how I feel, to move through my emotions, and to commemorate and honor seasons of my life. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Can you write a book and have children at the same time? Yes, if you're content to do it very very slowly. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
“[Dostoyevsky] eloquently proves that heartless ideas are often a source of immorality: they bring with them destructiveness, hatred, cynicism, and misanthropy. The… — George L. Kline Copy Share Image
“Memoir today is like one big game of misery poker: The more outlandish, outrageous, or just plain out-there the recounted life, the… — Ben Yagoda Copy Share Image
“But then, that’s the beauty of writing stories—each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
There are two things in your life which no one can take from you. One is your education, and the other is… — Sangram Singh Copy Share Image
I had this bad habit of not writing out a first draft and going back. For me it was the first sentence,… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“When a writer puts words on paper, it is an intimate act. The reader hears your words in his voice and he… — N.M. Kelby Copy Share Image
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![“[Dostoyevsky] eloquently proves that heartless ideas are often a source of immorality: they bring with them destructiveness, hatred, cynicism, and misanthropy. The novelist also carefully examines moral indifference and corruption which leads him to the questions: “What if reason takes the side of…” quote by George L. Kline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/george-l-kline-239544_dostoevsky_dostoyevsky-eloquently-proves-that-heart_53378.jpg)
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