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Booked Quotes (page 160)

Michael Chabon quote: "People with Books. What, in 2007, could be more incongruous..."
People with Books. What, in 2007, could be more incongruous than that? It makes me want to laugh. Michael Chabon
With this book in my hands, reading aloud to my friends, questioning them, explaining to them, I was made clearly to understand that I had no friends, that I was alone in the world. Because in not understanding the meaning of the words, neither I nor my friends, one thing became very clear and that was that there were ways of not understanding and that the difference between the non-understanding of one individual and the non-understanding of another created a world of terra firma even more... Henry Miller
You are fond of history! And so are Mr. Allen and my father; and I have two brothers who do not dislike it. So many instances within my small circle of friends is remarkable! At this rate, I shall not pity the writers of history any longer. If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck... Jane Austen
Ayn Rand quote: "He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had..."
He was described as the literary leader of the age, but had never written a book that sold more than three thousand copies. Ayn Rand
If you set yourself to it, you can live the same life, rich or poor. You can keep on with your books and your ideas. You just got to say to yourself, "I'm a free man in here" - he tapped his forehead - "and you're all right. George Orwell
It seems priggish or pollyannaish to deny that my intention in writing the work was to titillate the nastier propensities of my readers. My own healthy inheritance of original sin comes out in the book and I enjoyed raping and ripping by proxy. It is the novelist’s innate cowardice that makes him depute to imaginary personalities the sins that he is too cautious to commit for himself. Anthony Burgess
It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere. Douglas Adams
Victor Hugo quote: "He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often..."
He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two. Victor Hugo
Thomas Carlyle quote: "In books lies the soul fo the whole past time."
In books lies the soul fo the whole past time. Thomas Carlyle
I was inspired by the marvelous example of Giacometti, the great sculptor. He always said that his dream was to do a bust so small that it could enter a matchbook, but so heavy that no one could lift it. That's what a good book should be. Elie Wiesel
Neil Simon quote: "Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you..."
Evan Handler's new book is simply wonderful. He pulls you inside his life, and you come out his very close friend. Neil Simon
Real understanding does not come from what we learn in books; it comes from what we learn from love of nature, of music, of man. For only what is learned in that way is truly understood. Pablo Casals
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Virginia Woolf quote: "When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook—a fat book with..."
When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook—a fat book with many pages, methodically lettered. I shall enter my phrases. Virginia Woolf
Kindle, isn’t it?” the waitress asked. “I got one for Christmas, and I love it. I’m reading my way through all of Jodi Picoult’s books.” “Oh, probably not all of them,” Wesley said. “Huh? Why not?” “She’s probably got another one done already. That’s all I meant.” “And James Patterson’s probably written one since he got up this morning!” she said, and went off chortling. Stephen King

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