“Stories were immutable. And what was a library but a house full of stories?”
Source: Hell Bent
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Source: Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Source: My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues
“The man who reads only for improvement is beyond the hope of much improvement before he begins.”
“The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.”
Source: The story of the Yale University Press told by a friend
“I don't want anyone reading my writing to think about style. I just want them to be in the story.”
Source: The collected works of Abraham Lincoln
“As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer.”
Source: Playing in the Dark
“whatever you do, find ways to read poerty. Eat it, drink it, enjoy it, and share it.”
“To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.”
“The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.”
“I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times.”
“A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.”
“Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it.”
“I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.”
Source: The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
“First publication is a pure, carnal leap into that dark which one dreams is life.”
Source: Herself
Source: Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
“I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.”
Source: Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1
“A great book should leave you with many experiences.”
Source: Conversations with William Styron
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.”
Source: Les Misérables
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln
“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.”
Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”
Source: Letters
“If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”