Book Quote by Norman MacCaig Download Open image “I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.” — Norman MacCaig ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books
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I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
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I don't keep any copy of my books around... they would embarass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the… — Ludwig Bemelmans Copy Share Image
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I'm a library user and I just don't hoard books. To me, they're for sharing. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I personally own six or seven thousand books, so I - and I certainly don't want to see them go away. — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
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My whole thing is, I collect what I know I want to read, and I have certain bookshelves in my bedroom that contain all… — June Squibb Copy Share Image
One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends. — Blake Mycoskie Copy Share Image
In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings...… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. — Norman MacCaig 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
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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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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