Book Quote by Dorothea Benton Frank Download Open image “Books were my passion and my escape from madness.” — Dorothea Benton Frank ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Madness My passion Passion
I think my love for books sprang from my need to escape the world I was born into, to slide into another where words… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Books were this wonderful escape for me because I could open a book and disappear into it, and that was the only way out… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things I was… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, books took me away from my life to a solitary place that didn't feel lonely. They celebrated the outcasts,… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen seriously in… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“She says that on the day you stop believing in love you may as will lie down and die. I think she may be… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“…If these walls started talking, the entire Island would be put under quarantine while the government moved in an army of psychiatrists.” — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“The most important thing I learned is that to be truly happy, you've got to pay attention to that stupid inner voice we all… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
I love to cook, my husband and I collect wine, and in my head, I am always on Sullivan's Island, walking the beach listening… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you something you probably already know. It's that second cork that should remain in the neck of the bottle. You can… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“Say your prayers, girl. Prayers work miracles; don't you see that much yet?” — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“Few people realize how much courage it takes in a community like ours to ignore the established taboos.” — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
“I nearly clutched my bosom and gasped like Melanie from Twelve Oaks. But of course I didn't. ~ Dorothea Benton Frank, The Hurricane Sisters” — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
As authentic as it is riveting and ultimately unforgettable. Your past will find you-and it can change your life. I think it's the most… — Dorothea Benton Frank Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
