Books Quotes
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
Frances McDormand
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We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only us, to determine what happens to the people we invent. It is for us alone to determine what is good and bad, just and unjust, appropriate and inappropriate for the worlds we create. I love that about writing books.
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
Karin Slaughter
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If you're smarter than me, you shouldn't be reading my books.
Malcolm Gladwell
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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
Samuel Butler
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I never read books - and still don't read books - to develop them.
Frances McDormand
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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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People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
Barbara Wood
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Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.
Tama Janowitz
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I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.
Beverly Cleary
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I hope never to retire. I write so many because it's the thing I like to do most - to write. And if you write every day, you just naturally get a lot of books.
Eve Bunting
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As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.
Nathaniel Philbrick
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
George Eliot
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The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man nothing else that he builds ever lasts monuments fall; nations perish; civilization grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts, of the hearts of men centuries dead.
Clarence Day
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Burn old wood, read old books, drink old wines, have old friends.
Alfonso X of Castile
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
Victoria Justice
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There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
Patrick Carman
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I don't normally have time to read, so when I go away I like to take a few books.
Paloma Faith
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Personally, I really enjoy sci-fi. I watch it, I read comic books, and I play video games. I love this kind of world, so to be able to work in it is a dream. I enjoy it. It's all good.
Aaron Ashmore
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It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.
Ilya Ehrenburg
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There are so many books I want to read. Difficult books. That's what I intend to do and what I'm longing for.
Ingmar Bergman
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To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
Karen Robards
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The problem with books, now that I've written one, is that the idea of adaptation is so much easier than sitting down to write something new.
Nick Cave The Birthday Party
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I invite you, wholeheartedly, to read books that remind you of your highest self and emancipate you from mental slavery or false beliefs and illusions. The more you invest in attracting books that resonate with the frequency of your true self, the more light you will bring to the world.
Carlos Santana Santana