Rainbow Rowell Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler -
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 -
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
I've got four roommates and they all have fur and tails.
Kate Walsh -
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 -
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 -
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden -
I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
Pat Conroy -
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 -
I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
Rabih Alameddine -
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 -
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen -
May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel -
Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf -
My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
Sadie Jones -
Travel teaches as much as books.
Youssou N'Dour
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I collect books - a lot of books.
Kate Spade -
The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.
Ian Somerhalder -
I think it's so important for all of us to be able to see ourselves represented in the books we read and the movies and TV shows we watch.
Hillary Clinton -
My mates who are younger than me are all slagging me for it - saying I am so much older and my crow's feet are showing.
Anzia Yezierska -
Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you.
Suzanne Somers -
I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell