Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.
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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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.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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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.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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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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Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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Love is a wonderful thing that one misses.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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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.
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Travel teaches as much as books.
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When you count all the obscure monographic books, there have been many. I probably have most of them in my library.
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Some people are great, and they approach each work with honesty, and that's wonderful. But when people have built up a sort of resentment or animosity for reasons that are hard to put your finger on, they read in bad faith.
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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
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That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
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Of all the things which man can do or make here below, by far the most momentous, wonderful, and worthy are the things we call books.
