Books Quote by Tracy K. Smith Download Open image “'Little Women' made me into a reader.” — Tracy K. Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Little Made Me Reader Women
When I was young, I really identified with Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, particularly the character of Jo. The book was written at… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Then I read Little Women, and of course, like a lot of really young girls, I was very taken with Jo - Jo being… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Everyone knows 'Little Women.' Most women love it if they've read it. If they haven't, they might love the movie, or they've heard of… — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
I remember realizing, when I did Little Women [1994], that that was the only time girls that age were being written about. It was… — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
“I look forward all day to evening, and then I put an "engaged" on the door and get into my nice red bath robe… — Jean Webster Copy Share Image
Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I thoroughly enjoyed… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
I read Jilly Cooper when I was on the verge of just growing up and I was becoming a woman. — Georgia Toffolo Copy Share Image
“He loves first editions, especially of women: little girls are his passion.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls who in… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
For years following the death of my mother, I wanted to write about her. I started writing what I thought of as personal essays… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“So much we once coveted. So much That would have saved us, but lived, Instead, its own quick span, returning To uselessness with the… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“sometimes, what i see is a library in a rural community. all the tall shelves in the big open room. and the pencils in… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
I have three kids, so children's literature is a big part of my life. — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
I feel like the older I get, the truer it feels that I'm only going have an investment in a poem if it allows… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
One of poetry's great effects, through its emphasis upon feeling, association, music, and image - things we recognize and respond to even before we… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
“we like to think of it as parallel to what we know only bigger. one man against the authorities. or one man against a… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
A question is a pursuit, an invitation to envision and explore a series of possibilities, to struggle and empathize and doubt and believe. The… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
I know my curiosity as a writer and as a person makes me really interested in moving to parts of the country that I… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit. — Tracy K. Smith 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