Quotes About Literature

Babies move more than books and aren't as conveniently shaped.

Infinite Jest is a masterpiece," Harvey had said. "Infinite Jest is an endurance contest. You manage to get through it and you have no choice but to say you like it. Otherwise, you have to deal with the fact that you just wasted weeks of your life," A.J. had countered.

Apie žmog? galima sužinoti iš jo atsakymo ? užduot? klausim?: kokia tavo m?gstamiausia knyga?

Su madre siempre le dice que por culpa de las novelas es incapaz de apreciar a los hombres de carne y hueso, observación que Amelia se toma como un insulto, ya que da a entender que solo lee libros con héroes románticos clásicos.

But have you read any short stories?" A.J. asked. "Maybe in school. Fairy tales. Or, um, The Red Pony? I think I was supposed to read The Red Pony." "That is a novella," A.J. said.

Ha leído lo suficiente para saber que no hay antología en que todas las historias sean perfectas. Unas dan en el clavo. Otras fallan. Con suerte, hay una excepcional. De todos modos, al final la gente solo se acuerda de las excepcionales, y no durante mucho tiempo.

Always with a book and content at home or at the store.

Most of our customers have rather liked The Book Thief.

Había pasado muchas horas con aquel hombre durante los últimos seis años. Solo hablaban de libros, pero ¿hay algo en la vida más personal que los libros?

Skaitome tam, kad nesijaustume vieniši. Skaitome d?l to, kad esame vieniši. Skaitome ir nesijau?iame vieniši.

If you're stuck, reading helps: "The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov, "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J. D. Salinger, "Brownies" or "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" both by ZZ Packer, "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel, "Fat" by Raymond Carver, "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway.

Jeanne, who belonged to a book club where no one ever finished the book. Jeanne, whose primary workout was swimming.

I do not like anything over four hundred pages or under one hundred fifty pages.

I loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It's the ideas that matter, man. The words

Then there are the books I teach every year: Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Johnny Got His Gun, A Farewell to Arms, A Prayer for Owen Meany, some years Wuthering Heights, Silas Marner, Their Eyes Were Watching God, or I Capture the Castle. Those books are like old friends.

I loathe collectible books anyway. People getting all moony over particular paper carcasses. It's the ideas that matter, man. The words," Daniel Parish says.

Infinite Jest is a masterpiece," Harvey had said. "Infinite Jest is an endurance contest. You manage to get through it and you have no choice but to say you like it. Otherwise, you have to deal with the fact that you just wasted weeks of your life," A.J.

Perché piangi?" "Stavo leggendo.

Los escritores no se acuerdan de todo lo que escriben. Sería imposible.

an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works.

Prendi in prestito le parole che non riesci a trovare. Leggiamo per sapere che non siamo soli. Leggiamo perché siamo soli. Leggiamo e non ci sentiamo soli. Non ci sentiamo soli.

What do you like?" she asks. "Everything else," he says. "I will also admit to an occasional weakness for short-story collections. Customers never want to buy them though.

Someone stole Tamerlane," A.J. says. "What's Tamerlane?" "It's a book. It's a very valuable book.

A place ain't a place without a bookstore.