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.
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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.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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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.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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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.
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May books spread the world over!
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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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.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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The world is a library of strange and wonderful books, and sometimes we just need to go prowling through the stacks.
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For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities.
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I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.
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Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.
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Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.
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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.
