Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel Butler
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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.
Patrick deWitt
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
Barbara Park
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Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
Nate Berkus
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I love books about treks and journeys into the unknown.
Pat Conroy
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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.
Yami Gautam
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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
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
Gary Wolf
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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.
Sadie Jones
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
Rainbow Rowell
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I have great admiration for the fact – checking team. Considering it takes me years to gather all the facts in my books, it's a daunting task for the fact – checkers to review all of that material in a matter of weeks.
Dan Brown
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
Patricia Cornwell
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I don't write books inadvertently.
A. N. Wilson
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
Taslima Nasrin
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But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
Patricia Cornwell
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Although many books define the purpose of typography as enhancing the readability of the written word, one of design's most humane functions is in actuality, to help readers avoid reading.
Ellen Lupton
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Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
Wayne Rogers
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My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door.
Quincy Jones
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Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries...
Edgar Allan Poe