Reader Quotes

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The writing of a novel is taking life as it already exists, not to report it but to make an object, toward the end that… — Eudora Welty
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius, throwing the reader of a book, or the spectator of a… — Isaac D'Israeli
I feel that, in a sense, the writer knows nothing any longer. He has no moral stance. He offers the reader the contents of his… — J. G. Ballard
Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince… — Benjamin Franklin
We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the reader's attention to the beneficent and wise laws established by the author of… — John Dalton
Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which… — Julia Roberts
Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it… — John Templeton
Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical. — Winston Churchill
God is a writer and we are both the heroes and the readers. — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Unfortunately what is little recognized is that the most worthwhile scientific books are those in which the author clearly indicates what he does not know;… — Evariste Galois
We thus begin to see that the institutionalized practice of citations and references in the sphere of learning is not a trivial matter. While many… — Robert K. Merton
I'm an avid biography reader. — Brent Spiner
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some… — Immanuel Kant
These are the experiences I wish to record in this book, which should really be called The Diary of a Palaeontologist. But in committing them… — Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
Hardly a book of human worth, be it heaven's own secret, is honestly placed before the reader; it is either shunned, given a Periclean funeral… — Edward Dahlberg
Criticism is often not a science; it is a craft, requiring more good health than wit, more hard work than talent, more habit than native… — Jean de la Bruyere
Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that… — William S. Burroughs
If I can, by a lucky chance, in these uneasy days, rub out one wrinkle from the brow of care, or beguile the heavy heart… — Washington Irving
Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines… — Sara Paretsky

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