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Booked Quotes (page 207)

Thomas Babington Macaulay quote: "What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be..."
What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal! Thomas Babington Macaulay
Stendhal quote: "A good book is an event in my life."
A good book is an event in my life. Stendhal
Jhumpa Lahiri quote: "That's the thing about books. They let you travel without..."
That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet. Jhumpa Lahiri
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books."
I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books. Jorge Luis Borges
There is a truth in Schopenhauer’s view that philosophy is an organism, and that a book on philosophy, with a beginning and end, is a sort of contradiction. ... In philosophy matters are not simple enough for us to say ‘Let’s get a rough idea’, for we do not know the country except by knowing the connections between the roads. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Christopher Marlowe quote: "I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned."
I am Envy...I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. Christopher Marlowe
More than a decade ago, a Supreme Court decision literally wiped off the books of fifty states statutes protecting the rights of unborn children. Abortion on demand now takes the lives of up to 1.5 million unborn children a year. Human life legislation ending this tragedy will some day pass the Congress, and you and I must never rest until it does. Unless and until it can be proven that the unborn child is not a living entity, then its right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must... Ronald Reagan
John Hersey quote: "There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic..."
There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books. John Hersey
Aesthetic enthusiasm. Perception of beauty in the external world, or, on the other hand, in words and their right arrangement. Pleasure in the impact of one sound on another, in the firmness of good prose or the rhythm of a good story. Desire to share an experience which one feels is valuable and ought not to be missed. The aesthetic motive is very feeble in a lot of writers, but even a pamphleteer or writer of textbooks will have pet words and phrases which appeal to him for non-utilitarian... George Orwell
I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that. If more writers knew that, the world would be saved a lot of bad books, and more people--men and women alike--could go on to happier, more productive lives. Richard Ford
I did not imagine anyone reading my rambling, ranting stories. I was writing for myself, trying to shape my life outside my terrors and helplessness, to make it visible and real in a tangible way, in the way other people's seemed real -- the lives I had read about in books. Dorothy Allison
Gertrude Stein quote: "It takes a heap of loafing to write a book."
It takes a heap of loafing to write a book. Gertrude Stein
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "A book comes and says, 'Write me."
A book comes and says, 'Write me. Madeleine L'Engle
Ezra Pound quote: "This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man."
This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man. Ezra Pound
I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book. Erica Jong

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