Marina Tsvetaeva Quotes
One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
Patrick deWitt
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
Nate Berkus
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
Pat Conroy
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen
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I'm a big reader, so when I was in 'Pride and Prejudice,' or, like, in Poirots and Marples, those are all books that I loved, and so it was really exciting for me to inhabit characters from literature that I knew and recognized.
Talulah Riley
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May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf
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Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour
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I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.
Laura Lippman
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
Patricia Cornwell
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I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.
V. S. Naipaul
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I feel like I'm really lucky.
Kate Beckinsale
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'Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of this island? What is going to happen to them? What is their ultimate fate? What is their ultimate destiny? Those questions need to get answered.
Carlton Cuse
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My body wasn't made to look good in a string bikini. It was made to feed and nurture a child.
Alyssa Milano
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Go on, get some pork on your fork!
Ben Gillies Silverchair
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One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.
Marina Tsvetaeva