Book Quote by Jane Austen Download Open image “but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.” — Jane Austen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Inspirational Reading Too short Well written Wells Writing
Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short. — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say. — Celia Green Copy Share Image
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It's a shameful thing to admit for someone who writes such long books, but I read so slowly that I almost subvocalize. — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life. — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
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her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
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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
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