Books Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“Such is the summary style in which the Typees convert perverse-minded and rebellious hogs into the most docile and amiable pork; a morsel of…

— Herman Melville

“The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals.”

— George Orwell

The State insists that, by thus quarantining the general reading public against books not too rugged for grown men and women in order to…

— Felix Frankfurter

“All writing is pigshit.”

— Antonin Artaud

“The Pig Chef was - if you thought about it - one of the more sinister icons of American roadside art. Danny's personal totem.…

— Rudy Rucker

“Ay, he was porn at Monmouth, Captain Gower. What call you the town's name where Alexander the Pig was born! GOWER- Alexander the Great.…

— William Shakespeare

“In any case I just cannot imagine attaching so much importance to any food or treat that I would grow irate or bitter at…

— Matthew Scully

It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

— Anonymous

“[The Great Gatsby] is a tour de force of revision. So much so that critics, who rarely mention the edit of a book, commented…

— Susan Bell

Exceptions to the traditions of dumpy dignity and fake learnedness in law review writing are as rare as they are beautiful. Once in a…

— Fred Rodell

“...with a few sentences, the authors attempt to counteract the unscrupulous messages endemic to the title, content, and imagery of their book. This attempt…

— Kim Socha

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the…

— John Berger