Books Quotes
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... I find myself coming out of the library with all women writers. I keep hoping the library attendant won't notice, but when 8 out of 8 of the books you take out are by women, you try not to look too dykey.
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I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.
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Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.
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Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.
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I don't publish the books to make money, not at all.
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Books have literally powered most of my life. Whether as a stress relief when doing hard things or as vacation fodder, they are a constant and important part of my life.
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I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard.
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Atheists tend to read only each other’s books and not the work of the religious thinkers they are supposedly refuting.
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Master books, but do not let them master you.
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I've always liked libraries. They're quiet and full of books and full of knowledge.
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That's a long way of saying no, I'm always too bound up in thinking about the characters in whatever I'm working on and trying to make good to dwell on characters from previous books.
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Reading creates a sense of human fellowship. It is never (or rarely) a public activity, but in putting us in direct contact with other minds and sensibilities, it is a form of solitude which banishes loneliness. It can offer the consolation of knowing we are not alone, in our pleasures or in our suffering. It is in situations of deprivation that the value of reading – the deep need for books – becomes more vividly apparent.
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An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.
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They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there.
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Like books and black lives - albums still matter. Tonight and always.
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I read a few books but I never really took any lessons. I just listened to records and played along. Initally it's not that easy, but if you do it enough, you find you can actually play things quite easily.
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Books were not looked upon as things unobtainable due to economic circumstances or class status. My grandfather stole an entire set of Dicken's from the local library.
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I like to read books. I like to listen to music.
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Sparky's the only guy I know who's written more books than he's read.
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Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
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Have books ‘happened’ to you? Unless your answer to that question is ‘yes,’ I’m unsure how to talk to you.
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Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.
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Law dies, books never.
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There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with.
