Books Quote by Lisa Kleypas

“A man who rightly governs self, may also govern family without the crippling cowardice, crutch of control.”

— T.F. Hodge

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

— Edith Wharton

“She is a tyrant much in the way of a bad novelist, who shapes his characters according to his own ideology or desires and…

— Azar Nafisi

Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men.

— D. H. Lawrence

“Writing a book with completely fictitious characters is like running a democracy, centered around a capital state. You constantly live with the fear &…

— Shomprakash Sinha Roy

There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them.…

— Dave Barry

“That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil, who did not become better fathers, nicer husbands,…

— Nina George

The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a…

— Claire Wolfe

“What makes it noteworthy is that a striking coincidence has made it a cleverer trick than they could have known. For the book is…

— Diane Setterfield

There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

— Thomas Hobbes

I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society.

— Joshua Mohr

Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.

— George Washington