Books Quote by Randall Jarrell

“The only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM”

— Wendy Wax

“The life these words speak of is not worth the ink they are written in.... He now knows that the only words worth writing…

— Andreï Makine

“There is beauty in each word of a Book; as once it was just a mere thought in the authors head!”

— Mrudula G B

“Words fascinate me. They always have. For me, browsing a dictionary is like being turned loose in a bank.”

— Eddie Cantor

“I certainly didn't mind possibly sending the reader to a dictionary once in a while, but I tried not to do it too often.”

— China Miéville

“Words are like shards of glass. By themselves they're worthless; however, when placed together in just the right way, they can become great works…

— Leigh M. Lane

“If the reader needs a dictionary to read your book then the dictionary may turn out to be a more interesting read.”

— Ken Scott

“Everything has its way of speaking and telling things worth knowing. Even the little grass-blades have their way of saying things as plain as…

— Julia Peterkin

“The dictionary’s very flaws made the exertions and enthusiasm of its compilers real to his imagination. The vast array of words—entry words, definitions, examples—was…

— Shion Miura

“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. As I walked, my mind was busy fitting what…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

“Reading means borrowing. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms”

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Aphorisms

“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." (on Ernest Hemingway”

— William Faulkner