Books Quote by Richard Rodriguez

“That of the British Museum Reading-room,’ explained Jasper; ‘known to some of us as the valley of the shadow of books. People who often…

— George Gissing

I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room:…

— Kenneth Clark

It seems to me one cannot sit down in that place [the Round Reading room of the British Museum] without a heart full of…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

When I die there may be a paragraph or two in the newspapers. My name will linger in the British Museum Reading Room catalogue…

— C. S. Forester

“When we entered a classroom we always tossed our caps on the floor, to free our hands; as soon as we crossed the threshold…

— Gustave Flaubert

I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a…

— Bell Hooks

The skill set of pastor and comedian are incredibly similar. You want to affect people. You're good at reading rooms. You're persuasive, and you're…

— Pete Holmes

“No other library anywhere, for example, has a whole gallery of unwritten books - books that would have been written if the author hadn't…

— Terry Pratchett

I think reading a room - reading the personalities, reading body language - is kind of a lost art.

— Bonnie Hammer

The doors of churches, hotels, concert halls and reading rooms are alike closed against the Negro as a man, but every place is open…

— Ida B. Wells

“Then we will do two things," Penumbra says, nodding. "First, I will tell you just a little of our history. Then, to understand, you…

— Robin Sloan

“So maybe the Reading Room is magic because books really are magic. I read once that books bend both space and time, and the…

— Kelly Barnhill