Books Quote by John Aikin Download Open image ““To choose a good book, look in an inquisitor’s prohibited list. ~John Aikin”” — John Aikin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Good book
“Those books of mine really got under their skin. Ironically, they thought I was inhuman because of the way I churned through library books. How do you know how to pick them? Who tells you?' Daved asked me once. I explained that there was a line. 'If you read Dostoyevsky, he mentions Pushkin, and so you go and read Pushkin… — Steve Toltz Copy Share
“Good books should be an overwhelming assault upon the personality.” — Steffan Piper Copy Share Image
“Books whose topics I thoroughy depsise are accapteble because they often force the reader to think and to examine his own beliefs. In an… — Tiffini Johnson Copy Share Image
“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.” — Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake Copy Share Image
“We want splendid books ... books that prove to us that love is at work in the world next to evil, right up against… — Laurence Cossé Copy Share Image
“It is possible that the most misunderstood man upon earth is the collector of books…” — Vincent Starrett Copy Share Image
“What’s your favorite book?” he mocks, lifting his head back up. “Asking a bibliophile that question is pure evil. There’s no way I can… — Rachael Wade Copy Share Image
“Books are one thing I love above all else. In a story, I can become anyone, travel any place. In those pages lives my… — Sherry D. Ficklin 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
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker 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
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb 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
