Books Quote by Tom Manion Tom Sileo Download Open image ““Greitens later wrote in his book, The Heart and the Fist.”” — Tom Manion Tom Sileo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“Many have been brought to death by overconfidence." -The Saga of Grettir the Strong” — Lars Brownworth Copy Share Image
Nothing detains the reader's attention more powerfully than deep involutions of distress, or sudden vicissitudes of fortune; and these might be abundantly afforded by… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“The great writer evokes the words that buried within hearts of readers.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Albert J. Guerard has justly called the story "one of the great dark meditationsin literature, and one of the purest expressions of a melancholy… — Hunt Hawkins Copy Share Image
“His novel or book of poems, decent, adequate, arises not from an exercise of style or will, as the poor unfortunate believes, but as… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“It grieved him to think of that paltry, guarded, nut-like thing that was his artistic reputation.” — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
“And if he were really to do good he would have needed in addition to his principles, a heart capable of violating them -… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
“His Lady sad to see his sore constraint, Cried out, "Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee, Add faith unto your force, and… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
“Pain writes the words, sorrow wields the pen, tears wet the paper, and the story mends the heart.” — Piper Payne Copy Share Image
“Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency . . . to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother,… — William Faulkner 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
