Books Quote by Yiyun Li

I’m suspicious of the notion of a single book that would benefit everyone to read.

— Kristin Cashore

“I prefer the company of books. When I’m reading, I’m never alone, I have a conversation with the book. It can be very intimate.”

— Sophie Divry

“But, you say, there is very little conversation in this book. Why isn't there more dialoge? What we want in a book by this…

— Hemingway, Ernest

Alas, everything that men say to one another is alike; the ideas they exchange are almost always the same, in their conversation. But inside…

— Alfred de Musset

“You don't need to fill the silence— sometimes, silence is the deepest conversation.”

— Sean DeLaney

Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his…

— Jan Struther

It concerns me when people frame the conversation about equal pay about the entertainment business. I don't want the wage gap issue to be…

— Patricia Arquette

“And better still to be alone with one’s books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But…

— Anonymous

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation,

— Damian Lewis

After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving…

— N.D. Wilson

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with…

— Evelyn Waugh

“Having to talk to people was the one thing, but soliciting conversation was something else. If I acted squirmy or didn't make eye contact,…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann