Benito Perez Galdos Quotes
Another circumstance of note was the fact that they never spoke about the past: that particular novel, they both seemed to agree, was over and done with, doubtless because it seemed so improbable and false, rather like the books we were mad about in our youth and which, in our maturity, seem somewhat paltry.Benito Perez Galdos
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde -
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 β poor, in fact.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden -
Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.
Laura Marling -
I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
Rachel Kushner
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To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.
Garrett Hardin -
May books spread the world over!
Yann Martel -
Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf -
I have great admiration for the fact β checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact β checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
Dan Brown -
I don't write books inadvertently.
A. N. Wilson -
It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
R. L. Stine -
I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
Paloma Faith -
Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
Orson Scott Card -
America is full of readers of all different sorts who love books in many different ways, and I keep meeting them. And I think editors should look after them, and make less effort to please people who don't actually like books.
A. S. Byatt -
The image I had was that Oprah books were fluffy.
Tawni O'Dell -
I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
Nathan Fillion
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What troubles me most about my lovely country is that its children are seldom taught that American freedom will vanish, if, when they grow up, and in the exercise of their duties as citizens, they insist that our courts and policemen and prisons be guided by divine or natural law.
Kurt Vonnegut -
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
Freddie Mercury Queen -
With a first season, you never really know how viewers or the network are going to react to a show.
Katee Sackhoff -
The good thing about science is that itβs true whether or not you believe in it.
Neil deGrasse Tyson -
Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. When one is not accustomed to take repose, one does not know what is behind one's being.
Hazrat Inayat Khan -
Another circumstance of note was the fact that they never spoke about the past: that particular novel, they both seemed to agree, was over and done with, doubtless because it seemed so improbable and false, rather like the books we were mad about in our youth and which, in our maturity, seem somewhat paltry.
Benito Perez Galdos