Book Quotes
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Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.
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The information that was contained in a cathedral was based upon a common culture - a common Christian culture - and the elements were chosen for a common symbolic meaning. Someone who knew everything that was represented in a cathedral had a sort of encyclopedia - you can indeed call it that - but it was a selective encyclopedia, like encyclopedias back when they were books and the people writing them were supposed to be specialists in their field. I think today the problem is that people don't know how to choose between different kinds of information.
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I was very lucky to befriend many authors before even signing with an agent, and they were all so supportive of me when I told them I was in the middle of my first book.
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If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book, - and that is a book honestly come by.
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If you're following the news, you know that the major religions differ in their interpretation of the holy books. For example, one way to interpret God's will is that you should love your neighbor. An alternate reading of the holy books might lead you to rig a donkey cart with small mortar rockets and aim it at a hotel full of infidels. In summary, po-tay-to, poh-tah-to. Religions are very flexible.
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... the subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want.You may have deplorably poor taste or bad judgment. Never mind. Correct those traits before you exchange your books.
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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
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A book is a door, you know. Always and forever. A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world.
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The cleanest book on a dusty bookshelf is usually a dirty one.
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I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!
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Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch-hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Barontage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one; . . .
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To me the Mahabharata is a profoundly religious book, largely allegorical, in a way meant to be a historical record.
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I did not want to write just another business book.
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My imagination doesn't require anything more of the book than to provide a framework within which it can wander.
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India is a musical country, so it would appear obvious to use our collective passion for music to promote a book.
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I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.
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The Bible is still loved by millions, read by millions, and studied by millions. It remains the most published and most read book in the world of literature.
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[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.
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It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported.
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I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for the auditors and then there's the other one.
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I always thought the name of my first book would be 'The Insecure Chef,' because when I started cooking, I was so nervous.
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I wanted to have a book that showed there's no one way to sound black. I wanted to tell teens that the way you speak is okay; you're good the way you are.
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In that part of the book of my memory before which little can be read, there is a heading, which says: ‘Incipit vita nova: Here begins the new life’.
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Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success.
