Textbooks Quotes

160 Textbooks quotes by 142 unique authors

Idiot. Above her head was the only stable point in the cosmos, the only refuge from the damnation of the panta rei, and she guessed… — Umberto Eco
The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free. — Herman Melville
Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full… — Joan Bauer
I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really,… — Cassandra Clare
There seemed to be a mystifying universal conspiracy among textbook authors to make certain the material they dealt with never strayed too near the realm… — Bill Bryson
All we do is read the stupid textbook," said Ron. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The problem is that I know the textbook answers to any question you care to ask. — Eoin Colfer
And I walk out of space Into an overgrown garden of values, And tear up seeming stability And self-comprehension of causes. And your, infinity, textbook… — Osip Mandelstam
The other day I found her passport in her drawer when I was putting away my dad's laundered handkerchiefs. I wish I hadn't. For the… — Miriam Toews
He thinks about her, at this moment, in her house, a few thin walls away, packing her life into boxes and bags and he wonders… — Jon McGregor
Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the… — Greg Mortenson
Apparently textbooks were an endangered species here in Bixby, Oklahoma. — Scott Westerfeld
Already liberals are trying to rewrite the history of the Cold War to remove Reagan from its core, to make him a doddering B-movie actor… — Ann Coulter
The very power of [textbook writers] depends on the fact that they are dealing with a boy: a boy who thinks he is ‘doing’ his… — C.S. Lewis
The Temple of Dendur," Zia said. "Actually it was built by the Romans - " "When they occupied Egypt," Carter said, like this was delightful… — Rick Riordan
It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal education was to… — Timothy B. Tyson
Yeah,there was a whole chapter on you in my eight grade History of Angels textbook," Miles said. Arriane clapped. "And they told me that book… — Lauren Kate
How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing,… — Neal Shusterman
It's a shame for women's history to be all about men--first boys, then other boys, then men men men. It reminds me of the way… — Elizabeth Kostova
If you're angry, you don't have to write a poem dealing with the cause of your anger. But it needs to be an angry poem.… — Jay Asher
What do you do with a textbook case when no one's written the textbook? — Neal Shusterman
Her voice whispering love soothes him. They'd never done that before. Weren't that type of family. Except now he doesn't know what kind of family… — Melina Marchetta
I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook. — Laura Anne Gilman
Hassan couldn't read a first-grade textbook but he'd read me plenty. That was a little unsettling but also sort of comfortable to have someone who… — Khaled Hosseini
Instead, he would make death his final project, the center point of his days. Since everyone was going to die, he could be of great… — Mitch Albom

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