Quotes about book
book drug habit
Books are a habit-forming drug. Agatha Christie
book people forever
If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people. Adriana Trigiani
book world clubs
Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.
book reading writing
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
book heaven speak
The Bible is not primarily a science book. It is not written to tell us how the heavens go; it is written to tell us how to go to heaven. But when it speaks on science, it is accurate. Adrian Rogers
book men law
There is no book that has had as much opposition as the Bible. Men have laughed at it, they have scorned it, they have ridiculed it, they have made laws against it.
book stories praiseworthy
And the Bible is not primarily a book of history. It is "His story," the story of God.
book past sticks
The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket. Adrian McKinty
book ideas trying
Always, with any movie that I do, I have a book of ideas that I've heard, or seen, or whatever, and I always try to incorporate it in the film. Adrian Lyne
book reading grace
When we have read a book or poem so often that we can no longer find any amusement in reading it by ourselves, we can still take pleasure in reading it to a companion. To him it has all the graces of novelty. Adam Smith
book
I am a beau in nothing but my books.
book writing men
A pioneer in this genre [ writing about the refugee crisis] : the book A Seventh Man, by the great John Berger, decades ago evoked the lives of migrant workers in Europe. Adam Hochschild
book thinking light
I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea. Adam Johnson
book character years
Imagine a world in which no writer has written a literary novel in sixty years. Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
book charlie-hebdo musical
A good analogy [Charlie Hebdo] in lots of ways is "South Park" - the hugely popular American cartoon show - and the things that the "South Park" creators have created, like "The Book Of Mormon," the Broadway musical. If I were a devout Mormon, I would be offended by a lot of things that go on in "The Book Of Mormon," right? It mocks mercilessly the pretensions to truth of Mormonism and the pretensions to virtue of Mormon missionaries. Adam Gopnik
book kids long
Of all the unexpected things in contemporary literature, this is among the oddest: that kids have an inordinate appetite for very long, very tricky, very strange books about places that don’t exist.
book sleep night
Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night. Abraham Cowley
book my-best-friend leading-me
Come, my best friends, my best books, and lead me on.
book garden house
May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
book nests world
Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
book bored confession enthusiasm feeling gut hunting knew mind pursue stop tiger time true
True confession time: I never know where a book is going. I get a gut feeling the story is there, then pursue it with the enthusiasm of a hunting tiger on a trail. If I knew where I was going, I'd get bored out of my mind and stop writing. Jane Lindskold
booked case permanent room
You know the Priory? I've got a permanent room booked there in case I ever think about it. Philip Green
book books-and-reading came column nobody tv women
When I first started writing the column and then the book came out, there were so many women who would come up to me and say: This is me. This is about my life, you know, and nobody has done it before. And I think that that's what they've done really successfully with the TV series, is they made women feel like it's about their lives. Candace Bushnell
book books-and-reading chance envisioned family local massive project sending since
When I first envisioned this book back in 2002, I had no idea it would become the massive project it has become. It has been so long since local residents had the chance to participate by sending in family histories.
book caught edition high last printers quick sales second shops week
The very quick and high sales of the book caught us off guard, but fortunately we got the second edition from the printers at the end of last week and the shops should now be stocked again, Hansie Cronje
book home writing
I become one of those people who walks alone in the dark at night while others sleep or watch Mary Tyler Moore reruns or pull all-nighters to finish up some paper that's due first thing tomorrow. I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassettes, with pens and paper, just in case I get the urge to sit down somewhere, and oh, I don't know, read something or write my masterpiece. I want all my important possessions, my worldly goods, with me at all times. I want to hold what little sense of home I have left with me always. Elizabeth Wurtzel
book found taken wonderful
We found a wonderful book of Tahitian tatoos, so we've taken a lot of inspiration from that.
book came favor followed formal individual meeting problems study studying
We followed a formal book of study at each monthly meeting to get us going, then after that we were in favor of studying individual problems as they came up.
book books-and-reading breaks reading rip start storm traffic waiting wheel
You are at the wheel of your car, waiting at a traffic light, you take the book out of the bag, rip off the transparent wrapping, start reading the first lines. A storm of honking breaks over you.... Italo Calvino
booked next percent schedule teams wanting
We've got teams from all over wanting to play us. We've probably got 40 percent of our schedule booked for next year.
book heart friendly
Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive Petrarch
book madness
Books have led some to learning and others to madness.
book jewels purple
Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.