Quotes About Book

Reading Proust nearly silenced Virginia Woolf. She loved his novel, but loved it rather too much. There wasn't enough wrong with it—a crushing recognition when one considers Walter Benjamin's assessment of why people become writers: because they are unable to find a book already written that they are completely happy with. And

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was asked what book he could give the Soviets to teach them about the advantages of American society, he pointed to the Sears catalogue.

When they arrived at the palace she had a word with Grant, the young footman in charge, who said it was security and that while ma'am had been in the Lords the sniffer dogs had been round and security had confiscated the book. He though it had probably been exploded. 'Exploded?' said the Queen. 'But it was Anita Brookner.

Esplodere? disse la regina. Ma era Anita Brookner!. Il giovane, decisamente poco ossequioso, disse che magari la sicurezza l'aveva scambiato per un ordigno. E la regina: Ma certamente. Perché lo è. Un libro è un ordigno per infiammare l'immaginazione.

Exploded?' said the Queen. 'But it was Anita Brookner.' The young man, who seemed remarkably undeferential, said security may have thought it was a device. The Queen said: 'Yea. That is exactly what it is. A book is a device to ignite the imagination.' The footman said: 'Yes, ma'am.

The package contained a book Rachel had requested, The Sea Wolf. Its author, Jack London, had visited Kalaupapa a year and a half ago; Rachel had liked The Call of the Wild, and worked up the nerve to tell him so. He seemed surprised to find a fan here, but was very friendly and gracious. Shortly after, he published an even-handed, sympathetic account of his stay at Kalaupapa.

Cuántas veces habré oído: «Hace tiempo que tengo el libro, he leído algunas partes, pero no consigo entenderlo. Empecé a ejecutar las lecciones del Libro de ejercicios, pero lo dejé. Sé que el Curso es muy poderoso y que podría cambiar mi vida, pero me costaba mucho ponerlo en práctica.

The programmers went off and coded for a while, then brought the finished work to Jeff for him to try. He found a book he wanted and pressed the 1-Click button, whereupon the program asked him a confirming question! The programmers had converted his one-click interface into a two-click interface.

And yet rereading a book can often be a more significant, dramatic, and, yes, new experience than encountering an unfamiliar work.

So whether you're participating in an online conversation or reading a book by yourself, your experience is a readerly one and a responsive one. The most significant difference is that reading a book is dialogically asymmetrical: you learn about the book, about its characters and perhaps its author, but none of them learns anything about you. I'm not convinced that this is necessarily regrettable: many of us should probably spend more time just listening, rather than insisting on being heard.

The humble man reached in his pocket for his sacred book, and began to read. It was this world alone that was certain.

That innovator is the aforementioned Hugh Thomson, who might be called the Colin Firth of Austen-inspired book illustration." (P. 52)

I like the book ask my mood ring How a I Feel.

Tolkien looked forward to sending new chapters to his son. In one letter, he expressed his appreciation to Christopher saying, "This book has come to be more and more addressed to you, so that your opinion matters more than any one else's." When

I can't quit college football. It's like a bad boyfriend: you hate that he's so right-wing, his table manners embarrass you, he's barely read a book, and you don't want your mother to meet him, but damn, he's so fine and makes you feel so good (when he isn't making you feel so bad), you just can't help yourself.

Culturally it means a return from the newspaper and the radio to the book, from feverish activity to unhurried leisure, from dispersion to concentration, from sensationalism to reflection, from virtuosity to art, from snobbery to modesty, from extravagance to moderation.

I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. "Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it." She looks up and gives me her full gaze. "Don't be ridiculous," she purrs, "I wrote it."

A preface is usually an excrescence on a good book, and a vain apology for a worthless one;

I like the prince who was reading a book when the executioner touched him on the shoulder telling him that it was time, and he, arising, laid a papercutter between the pages to keep his place and closed the book.

In Revelation, the real book of Life is that of the Lamb, it is not that of the old temple! It is the Lamb and His Bride that are in conflict with the Harlot. As we have seen, Revelation deals with "those who say they are Jews but are not, for they are liars" (2:9; 3:9). The question was, "Who is the true Israel?" old Israel had her book of life, new Israel had the Lamb's Book of Life!

The Grand Canyon is carven deep by the master hand; it is the gulf of silence, widened in the desert; it is all time inscribing the naked rock; it is the book of earth.

I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.

Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.

Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny.