Hermann Hesse 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 -
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 -
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
Madhur Bhandarkar
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The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
Dan Simmons -
There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park -
I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
Joanne Rowling -
The truth is, if we have our own reasons for doing something - reasons that we endorse - we're more likely to do it; we're more likely to stick with it.
Dan Pink -
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden -
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 -
I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.
Uma Thurman -
The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
Dag Hammarskjold -
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 -
The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.
Bear Grylls -
Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf
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The truth is sometimes the very opposite from what you expect it to be.
Pam Jenoff -
Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out my window at night and I can taste it out there, just waiting for me.
Brigid Lowry -
I'm not incredibly hipster. I wasn't cool enough to handle it.
Ashley Hinshaw -
The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
Hermann Hesse