Quotes About Book

The words in his book wormed off the pages. Everything glittered like blank paper.

I sometimes wonder if that is what Krishna meant — Among other things — or one way of putting the same thing: That the future is a faded song, a Royal Rose or a lavender spray Of wistful regret for those who are not yet here to regret, Pressed between yellow leaves of a book that has never been opened.

El futuro es una canción desvanecida, una rosa real o un ramo de lavanda, de ansioso lamento por los que aún no están aquí para lamentarse, prensado entre las hojas amarillentas de un libro que nunca ha sidiero

I guess you don't want to leave copies of Genocide Illustrated out for the UPS guy to see.)

A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive—which is knowledge—alive forever.

A piece of writing is a trap and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive—which is knowledge—alive forever.

Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood. With such a book the impact isn't necessarily obvious at first...but the more you read it and re-read it, and live with it, and travel with it, the more it speaks to you, and the more you realize that you cannot live without that book. It's then that the wisdom hidden inside, the seed, is passed on.

When we return--when I have delivered our discovery--I will give you a book to read about a thing called wild magic, she said drily. I wouldn't talk about it in the university. It's supposed to be an old wives' tale. Well, I am an old wife. You might be interested, that's all.

It came to me, as I walked, how bitter the irony of the Book had been which had said: Herein the Truth. For it had a truth of its own in its bleached barrenness. What was truth except something which faded, lost its shape, grew unreadable and indistinguishable, at last a blank page for men to write on what they wished.

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Edwina probably wouldn"t notice if her bed caught on fire while she was reading a book.

That much was also true. Edwina probably wouldn"t notice if her bed caught on fire while she was reading a book.

Bueno, hay un libro, esto es prosa, que yo salvaría, y es el Ulises. Yo pienso que el Ulises en alguna medida resume toda la literatura universal.

Por razones obvias habré sido el primero en descubrir que este libro no solamente no parece lo que quiere sino que con frecuencia parece lo que no quiere, y así los propugnadores de la realidad en la literatura lo van a encontrar más bien fantástico mientras que los encaramados en la literatura de ficción deplorarán su deliberado contubernio con la historia de nuestros días.

yo no puedo acercar los dedos a un libro, ceñir apenas el cono de luz de una lámpara, destapar la caja de música, sin que un sentimiento de ultraje y desafío me pase por los ojos como un bando de

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

The windows next to her is open a crack, spitting in rain 'Close the windows Rosa' She slides a small book out of her backpack, turning it so i can see the front An Australian passport. She opens it to the photo page: the horrible drunk from the plane. I lunge as Rosa pushes it out the window 'I win,' Rosa says.

In publishing, it doesn't matter which publisher published a book. In the end, if the book resonates with an audience, it is the work itself that matters. - Kailin Gow on Writing and Publishing.

I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.

It was like a dream come true for me. When you write the book, it's still intimate. It might have been a best-seller but it's still my story, as I wrote it. The moment we or they make a movie, it's not my story anymore. There's a lot of letting go involved in the process.

In a book, you can create a world in your imagination that's as intricate as you want. Even something like 'Angels & Demons.' I was reading it, thinking, 'This is incredible! This is so scary!'

Your agent should be invested in the success of your book past the contract stage. After all, if it sells well, she's going to be getting 15 percent of every dime you make. She can be your best advocate in fighting for your book - not just with editing and the cover, but with marketing and sales as well.

I had to learn to call book jackets 'jackets' rather than 'covers.'

My wonderful editor, Jackie Onassis, asked me to write a book that I wanted to write. I said, 'Look, it's not going to be scandalized. I'm not going to talk about anybody like a dog. I'm going to say the positiveness of my life, and talk about those who have contributed to the way I've been going, and that's that.'