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Book Quotes by Daniel Handler
- The Long Goodbye' is one book I like to read over and over again, and it was an enormous inspiration for 'All The Wrong Questions'.
- I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like…
- I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture…
- I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about…
- Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
- A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying…
- But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law are notorious for…
- All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.
- They're book addicts.
- The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if…
- A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding…
- The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close.…
- You may want to keep a commonplace book which is a notebook where you can copy parts of books you think are in code, or…
- For obvious reasons, I never told you about my notebook, with a cover as green as mansions long ago, which I use as a commonplace…
- If you feel . . . that well-read people are less likely to be evil, and a world full of people sitting quietly with good…
- Just because something is typed-whether it is typed on a business card or typed in a newspaper or book-this does not mean that it is…
- If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and…
- If you like books with happy endings then put this book down immediately.
- There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants…
- If you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book.
More Book Quotes
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange
- I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves… — Sean Astin
- In general-like not just in fiction but in life-it doesn't work out well when someone imagines someone else as a manic pixie… — John Green
- It Is Not Important To have Long Friend List On 'Facebook and Whatsapp'.. But It is Important To Have atleast One Friend… — Unknown Author
- If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you read it… — Margaret Atwood
- No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that.… — Paul Auster
- The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk.… — Swami Vivekananda
- That is, to me at least, one of the most helpful and useful things books do for us: They are generous enough… — John Green