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Books are slow. They require time; they are written slowly, published slowly, and read slowly. — Lewis Buzbee
When you think intensely and beautifully, something happens. That something is called poetry. If you think that way and speak at the same time, poetry… — Robert Bringhurst
Is it a coincidence that stories from the private life became more popular just as the grand hope for public redemption through revolution was beginning… — Susan Griffin
Deep within the human constitution lie written laws of nature that should guide man in the conduct of his life. — Herbert M. Shelton
An empty book is like an Infant's soul, in which anything may be written, — Thomas Traherne
I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up… — Brian P. Cleary
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The book of Revelation is written largely in symbols. — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. — John Mason Brown
Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments… — Marilyn Hacker
To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial.… — George Steiner
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. — Regina Brett
I'm sorry, but anyone who thinks the use of an angelic (or seemingly angelic character), whose likes have been written about for, oh, about 4,000… — J. Michael Straczynski
Early in my career as an engineer, I’d learned that all decisions were objective until the first line of code was written. After that, all… — Ben Horowitz
Wartime CEO is too busy fighting the enemy to read management books written by consultants who have never managed a fruit stand. — Ben Horowitz
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic. — Aaron Allston
Monstress is an exhilarating rollercoaster of a book. Deeply funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, philosophical, bawdy, and wise, Lysley Tenorio’s stories, written from the underbelly of the… — Unknown Author
I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play. — Taiye Selasi
Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and aim… — Elinor Ostrom
You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas. — John McTiernan
A lot has been written and said about why he was so great, but I think the best way to appreciate his greatness is just… — Huey Lewis
I don't have anything against this Jesus guy, but has he written, directed, and starred in his own movie? — Zach Braff
I could see why someone would want to make a website about me, and my quotes. They are all gold. How many people have written,… — Zach Braff
I think the Bible should be re-written for today's society. We can call it 'Scrubs.' — Zach Braff
I am deeply sensitive to the spell of nationalism. I can play about thirty Bohemian folk songs ... on my mouth-organ. My oldest friend, who… — Ernest Gellner

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