Books Quotes
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I don't talk about my books while I'm writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel's about until it's done.
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Books are written so their authors can be heard, not so that they remain silent.
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What the future held for her she didn't know. Of two things only she was certain. There would be children-her own or other people's-and there would be books.
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The books we are required to teach frequently have nothing to do with anything except the fact that they have always been taught, or that there is an oversupply of them, or that some committee or other was asked to come up with some titles.
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Novelists can ask - they can ask for anything - but their books are their answers in advance.
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Believe one who has tried, you shall find a fuller satisfaction in the woods than in the books. The trees and the rocks will teach you that which you cannot hear from the masters.
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I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.
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There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with.
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But it is impossible, I find, to tidy books without ending by sitting on the floor in the middle of a great untidiness and reading.
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In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing in me, .. A lot of authors, if their first book is a success, they're terrified to write a second one. But in my case, since the first book wasn't considered a literary book, I was really determined to show people I could do other types of writing.
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Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing.
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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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All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
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Art is so personal. I'm very comforted by the fact that certain movies that I love, other people hate. Certain books that I love, other people hate. You can't please everybody.
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Before Five Kingdoms is complete, I will begin work on the sequel series to my Fablehaven books. It will be called Dragonwatch. I’m excited to share more stories about the characters of Fablehaven including Kendra, Seth, Newel, Doren, Warren, Bracken, Vanessa, Raxtus, etc. If you’re liking Five Kingdoms but haven’t tried Fablehaven, you should get to know those people! If you’d like to connect.
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My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.
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Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
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All the things I've read in my school books about England and the Queen were okay, but my eyes are the greatest book in the world.
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What a blessing it is to love books.
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The function of a great library is to store obscure books.
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After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books.
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What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
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I read a lot of books. I read because it inspires me and shows me paths that I could never imagine. Sometimes those paths are horrible and sad, and sometimes they are hopeful and amazing. Not always are they paths to the future, and sometimes the paths are actually about the past but make sense when applied to the future. Books are amazing.
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I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors.
