Books Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Download Open image ““He didn't read them. He praised them for what he imagined to be in them”” — Kurt Vonnegut ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“He felt overwelmed when he thought of all the books he hadn't read, all the books he wanted to read, and all the books… — Kristine Grayson Copy Share Image
“That was one thing about books: once you read them they couldn’t be unread.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“The words were before him, and yet I thought he wasn't reading them from the paper, but from the pages of his memory, from… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“That's what he disliked about certain artists and writers. They interfered and pointed to everything as if you couldn't see it or read for… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“But the best parts of him were in his books. I suppose I could always read those if I missed him too much. I… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“But not only didn’t he read, he didn’t listen. He preferred to be the person talking. And he trusted his own expertise—no matter how… — Michael Wolff Copy Share Image
“They believed all books should be read, for as long as the reader liked.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He didn't much like reading novels - he preferred history or philosophy - or poetry, although he could read only a little poetry at… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“… it would even be inexact to say that I thought of those who read it as readers of my book. Because they were… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“He liked all books, because he liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his… — John Green Copy Share Image
“He had no intention of writing. He loved reading, that was all. And he read books that he thought so far beyond anything that… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
“He loved to read. He loved words, the way they string together into sentences and stories. He wanted to study them, to know and… — Sarah Ockler Copy Share Image
“You must bloom as a writer and I must bloom as a painter. Everything else about us is uninteresting.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Have a good nap, did you?” said the porter. “Yes,” said Billy. “Man,” said the porter, “you sure had a hard-on.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain wrote in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“I had a certain amount of skill as a dramatist, and Dr. Goebbels wanted me to use it” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“The town was Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., Earth, Solar System, Milky Way.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Her face was one of a kind, a surprising variation that made observers think, Yes--that would be another very nice way for people to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo. “Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Like all Earthlings at the point of death, Mary Young sent faint reminders of herself to those who had known her. She released a… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“And contrast Mary Kathleen, if you will, with my wife Ruth, the Ophelia of the death camps, who believed that even the most intelligent… — Kurt Vonnegut 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
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