Plato Quotes
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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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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
Patrick Carman
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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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All of my books are based in some way on my personal experiences, or the experiences of members of my family, or the stories kids would tell me in school.
Patricia Reilly Giff
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling
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I, for one, am pretty exhausted since I started blogging almost a year ago. But I am blaming that on my two sons, aged 3 and 6, whose perpetual-motion-machine energy is hard to keep up with at my advanced age.
Kara Swisher
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
Warren Spector
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
Pat Conroy
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
Yami Gautam
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
Rabih Alameddine
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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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Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.
T. E. Lawrence
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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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If I had the money I'd pay people to have them read accurate books or posts about our own religion. It is very important not only for their self-image, but also for the future of Europe - as a biological term.
Varg Vikernes Burzum
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No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell...
Alice Cooper
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I want books written out of a brain and heart and soul crowded and vital with Life, spelled with a big L. I want poetry bursting with passion. I don't care a hang for the 'verbal felicities.' They'll do for the fringe, but I want the garment to warm me first.
Gertrude Atherton
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Books are immortal sons deifying their sires.
Plato