Book Quote by Mark Z. Danielewski Download Open image “Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.” — Mark Z. Danielewski ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Bound Gods Giver Gods Gods Book Light Prometheus Prometheus Thief Thieves
“Prometheus had stolen fire from the gods and suffered the consequences. I had returned the gift of the gods, and the price had been… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
“Hugo learned that Prometheus had created humankind out of mud, and then stolen fire from the gods as a gift for the people he… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“Then Prometheus, in his perplexity as to what preservation he could devise, stole from Hephaestus and Athena wisdom in the arts together with fire… — Plato Copy Share Image
I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it. — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
A book is the only real escape from this fallen world. Aside from death. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
“Men, like planets, have both a visible and an invisible history. The astronomer threads the darkness with strict deduction, accounting so for every visible… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“The immortal gods, the deities will rise, they will fall but none will live beyond the wall. Prometheus, knows love & saves them all.” — Truth Devour Copy Share Image
Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Her. Her. Her. Future breezes implore me to stay. But I'm no future. I'm no past. Only ever contemporary of this path. I'll sacrifice… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Keep true to the rare music in your heart, to the marvelous and unique form that is and shall always be nothing else but… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“Even up until these final eons of time, we felt we could create anything. We could build ourselves a heaven. But why? We were… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“the seriousness of emotional deprivation: It is not difficult to understand how children who have suffered from malnutrition or starvation need food and plenty… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
The greatest of love letters are always coded for the one and not the many. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
Scientists estimate the universe unfolded from its state of infinite destiny* - a moment commonly referred to as "the big bang" - approximately 1.3-2… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“- Whenever we roam be beside me. When you're allone. When you go. When no one comes along. And for all we Wander. Encounter… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I want something else. I'm not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it's drenched in sunlight… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“However, The haven-Slocum Theory also points out that this course is not without risk. An even greater number of people dwelling on The Navidson… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“What can I say? I'm taken; I love how enthralled she remains by this festival of living.” — Mark Z. Danielewski 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
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
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image