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Book Quotes by Tom Robbins
- I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book…
- If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.
- One of my books is a hallucinogen, an aphrodisiac, a mood elevator, an intellectual garage door opener, and a metaphysical trash compactor. They'll do everything…
- A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. A book may measure so-called reality as a clock measures so-called time; a book…
- Sometimes, though, I feel that pushing books is a whole lot like pushing medicine. Think of books as pills. I have pills that cure ignorance…
- There were no mail-order catalogues in 1492. Marco Polo's journal was the wish book of Renaissance Europe. Then, Columbus sailed the ocean blue and landed…
- almost any object, including this book you hold, can turn up as Exhibit A in a murder trial.
- Laws, it is said, are for the protection of the people. It's unfortunate that there are no statistics on the number of lives that are…
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- 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
- 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 book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading… — 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