Books Quote by Charles Dickens

The living tongue that tells the word, the living ear that hears it, bind and bond us in the communion we long for in…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Who will consider that no dictionary of a living tongue ever can be perfect, since, while it is hastening to publication, some words are…

— Samuel Johnson

I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.

— Neil Cross

In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can…

— Neil Gaiman

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

— Plutarch

The Word of God conceived in the heart, formed by the tongue, and spoken out of the mouth is creative power.

— Charles Capps

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

— Nikki Giovanni

“Recognize things when they are at their best, in their season, and know how to enjoy them then. The works of nature all amount…

— Baltasar Gracián

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

— Paul Gauguin

A highly cultivated taste, a taste that is knowledgeable and eclectic, is likely to be exciting and provocative, a personal taste at its highest…

— Eleanor Brown

“What novels did you read when you were young, dear? I'm convinced it all turns on that.”

— Edith Wharton

The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing…

— Jenny Han