Books Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“. . . and in the end the logical thing would be to give up and I would give up if I were laboring…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Use language what you will, you can never say anything but what you are.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I needed to write, to express myself through written language not only so that others might hear me but so that I could hear…

— Gabor Maté

“As it happens, I am still committed to the idea that the ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the…

— Joan Didion

“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page of a book I can be anybody.”

— Richard Peck

“I never said to myself, I am longing; that feeling lived at a level below language.”

— Lauren Slater

“...one who speaks my language without saying a word.”

— Christina Baker Kline

“I do not say words, which you want to hear. The words just told me, to write them down.”

— Toba Beta

“The author must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“And I can’t help but to run my fingers down your spine like you are my favorite book. But I still cannot read you,…

— Michelle K

“Speak to yourself, for you are the only person who will truly understand.”

— J.V. Nolan

“A thought to ponder: If I couldn't use words to speak, what would my life be saying?”

— Evinda Lepins