Books Quote by Stephanie Danler Download Open image ““These books were…I don’t know…totems of who I was….I…”” — Stephanie Danler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Books Don Don Know Know Totems Totems Writer
“"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Yet regardless of where they come from, I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them - with the books… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
“…I’d have died without them [books]. Even now I’m not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I’ve… — Beatrice Sparks Copy Share Image
“Aside from the posters, wherever there was room, there were books. Stacks and stacks of books. Books crammed into mismatched shelves and towers of… — Megan Crane Copy Share Image
“And yet, in books were comfort and diversion; and they were wanted!” — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
“When I was a child I read books for entertainment and information; I now think of books as lifeboats.” — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“and he glanced at the backs of the books, with an awakened curiosity that went below the binding. No one who can read, ever… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“We learned about life from the books they told us not to read.” — Antoinette Ingoldsby Copy Share Image
“I'm sick of that, I said. Young, young, young, that's what I get, all day, everyday. But I know your secret…You're all terrified of… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“I had created a life that was bent in service to all my personal cravings.” — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“I knew from books, movies, and Sex and the City how I was supposed to answer. I’ve always dreamed of living here, they say.… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“You can’t cultivate them. The farmers used to take female pigs out into the countryside, lead them to the oaks, and pray. They don’t… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“Remember this, I told myself. Remember how quiet today is. I had the newspaper, which I would keep for years, and I was on… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“My palms were damp. That was the moment I realized I wanted the job. That job, at that restaurant specifically.” — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what it is exactly, being a server. It’s a job, certainly, but not exclusively. There’s a transparency to it, an occupation… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“The lilacs shed as I walked the bridge. My phone buzzed twice and I turned it off. The city was radiant and I felt… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“You will develop a palate. A palate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Where you assign words to the textures of… — Stephanie Danler Copy Share Image
“You will stumble on secrets. Hidden all over the restaurant: Mexican oregano, looking cauterized, as heady as pot. Large tins of Chef’s private anchovies… — Stephanie Danler 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
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker 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
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb 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