Elizabeth von Arnim Quotes
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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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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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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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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.
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May books spread the world over!
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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Books are still my favorite present.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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The wise are above books.
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Mom and Dad were bibliophiles. Dad shared his father's love of westerns, Mom favored the likes of Zelazny and Heinlein, Howard and Burroughs. We owned several hundred books stored in trunks that comprised our portable library.
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My books are based 98 percent on documentary evidence.
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If I read as many books as most men do, I would be as dull-witted as they are.
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Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.
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Don’t hold my hand in here. It’s hard for me to concentrate when you do.
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Destination Kampala! Africa’s postcolonial renaissance.” There would have been few other places in the world where there was such an excitement about new literature, new ideas, and new politics. The inspiration arrived at this conference for a new publishing imprint of literary titles called the African Writers Series, which was soon launched by Heinemann in the U.K., with Achebe as the series editor. The excitement reached as far as my high school in Dar, where literary competitions were held, new drama was produced, and a parade of literary luminaries passed through, including Chinua Achebe.
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Slowly my eyes began to see that I need you near right with me at all times, yeah. My feelings are so deep for you that I won’t let go, oh no, of you.
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What a blessing it is to love books.
