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1140 quotes by 841 authors

Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Steinâ€™s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the authorâ€™s journey to reclaimâ€”and celebrateâ€”that most… — Mira Bartok
If I had a bowler hat, I'd take it off to the author of this beautifully crafted steampunk novel. — Chris d'Lacey
An important contribution to a much-neglected but very important subject. No other author has set out to do what Davenport accomplishes, which is a systematic… — Mark Noll
The Transformation of the World is lavishly reinforced with critical apparatus (that, too, must have been a labor of Hercules to translate--I honestly never expected… — Steve Donoghue
The materials in I Enoch range in date from 200 B.C.E. to 50 C.E. I Enoch contributes much to intertestamental views of angels, heaven, judgment,… — Craig A. Evans
STARING INTO THE ABYSS by Richard Thomas is an outstanding book, a grim tapestry of broken lives and shattered dreams, of dark fantasies and dark… — Kealan Patrick Burke
An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best. — Amos Bronson Alcott
The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one… — Jean de la Bruyere
The more imagination the reader has ... the more he will do for himself. He will, at a mere hint from the author, flood wretched… — C.S. Lewis
Criticism discloses that which it would fain conceal, but conceals that which it professes to disclose; it is therefore, read by the discerning, not to… — Charles Caleb Colton
Only men of considerable vanity write books; consistently therewith, I worried lest the world were exchanging an irreplaceable author for a more easily purchased diplomat. — John Kenneth Galbraith
One truth discovered is immortal, and entitles its author to be so; for, like a new substance in nature, it cannot be destroyed. — William Hazlitt
The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly. — Bill Vaughan
Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?; all… — Bill Vaughan
The author of Biographia Literaria was already a ruined man. Sometimes, however, to be a "ruined man" is itself a vocation. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Quand on voit le style naturel, on est tout eÂ tonneÂ Â et ravi, car on s'attendait de voir un auteur, et on trouve un homme.… — Blaise Pascal
I grew up reading biographies on groups, and I love all that. The thing about biographies, it's the old clichÃ© but it's true - a… — Stevie Jackson
When I started writing after my career as an actor, I knew that that other life in the film industry would be pulled into my… — James Franco
The first author I remember being obsessed by, actually realizing 'I like the way he writes and I like the way he tells stories,' was… — Neil Gaiman
Well I think any author or musician is anxious to have legitimate sales of their products, partly so they're rewarded for their success, partly so… — Bill Gates

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