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Booked Quotes (page 132)

The most important single thing we had to pound into ourselves is that we were not important, we musn't be pedants; we were not to feel superior to anyone else in the world. We're nothing more than dust jackets for books, of no significance otherwise. Ray Bradbury
It must be a really great book because one can read it as a boy in one way, and then re-read it in middle life and get something very different out of it - and that to my mind is one of the best tests. C. S. Lewis
Robert Graves quote: "I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But..."
I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now. Robert Graves
If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich... Alice James
. . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . . Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anne Bronte quote: "Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it..."
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. Anne Bronte
Elbert Hubbard quote: "This will never be a civilized country until we expend more..."
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. Elbert Hubbard
Terry Prachett quote: "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you."
If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you. Terry Prachett
Anne Rice quote: "I wouldn't write a book to tell you that a vampire was happy."
I wouldn't write a book to tell you that a vampire was happy. Anne Rice
John Donne quote: "Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book."
Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book. John Donne
I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity. Barack Obama
I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy. Nikki Giovanni
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public. Winston Churchill
Agatha Christie quote: "The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the..."
The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. Agatha Christie
C. S. Lewis quote: "I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking..."
I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say. C. S. Lewis

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