Books Quote by Vladimir Nabokov Download Open image “Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.” — Vladimir Nabokov ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Pens Reader Sheep Writing
“The e-reader certainly sorts out the sheep from the goats, and divides those who need to read from those who like to turn the… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The sheep remain inside their pen, though many times they have seen the way to leave. — Genesis Copy Share Image
Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by their novelty,… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation. — Tara Bray Smith Copy Share Image
“Pen, ink, and paper are cold vehicles for the marvellous, and a "reader" decidedly a more critical animal than a "listener.” — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
Don't write down to your readers. The ones dumber than you can't read. — Jack Bickham Copy Share Image
“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Ami azt illeti, Vannak kezdtek nagyon tetszeni a fák is, a csodák is meg az Adák is.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“It isn’t possible. I cannot imagine it. Come on over here, you foolish little doe, and tell me on what day I shall die.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Precautions to be taken in the case Of freak reincarnation: what to do On suddenly discovering that you Are now a young and vulnerable… — Vladimir Nabokov 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