Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) Quotes
Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.Petrarch
Quotes to Explore
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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 -
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 -
I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
Frances McDormand -
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
Tammy Duckworth -
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 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 -
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
Jacki Weaver -
May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel -
Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf -
I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell
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I do not carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books. ...The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.
Albert Einstein -
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Marcus Tullius Cicero -
There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
Isaac Watts -
I never needed much, and I never thought I'd get more than what I had. A trip to Burger King was the biggest thing in the world to me. Heaven.
Dave Grohl Nirvana -
Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.
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