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Help Book Quotes (page 3)

Christian experience is rightly used when it helps to convince us that the events narrated in the New Testament actually did occur; but it can never enable us to be Christians whether the events occurred or not. It is a fair flower, and should be prized as a gift of God. But cut it from its root in the blessed Book, and it soon withers away and dies. John Gresham Machen
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel and helped popularize the genre in Britain. In some texts he is even referred to as one of the founders, if not the founder, of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote over five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage,... Daniel Defoe
Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped.-from the Prefatory Mark Twain
Russell Banks quote: "Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is."
Go, my book, and help destroy the world as it is. Russell Banks
I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any book I choose and comprehend it. I can write a complete sentence and punctuate it correctly. If I need help, I can call on judges, attorneys, educators, ministers. I wonder what I would be like if I had grown up without such protections and supports. What cracks would have turned up in my character? Helen Prejean
Not long ago, an English writer telephoned me from London, asking questions. One was "What's your alma mater?" I told him, "Books." You will never catch me with a free fifteen minutes in which I'm not studying something I feel might be able to help the black man. Malcolm X
Virginia Woolf quote: " a book is not made of sentences laid end to end, but of..."
... a book is not made of sentences laid end to end, but of sentences built, if an image helps, into arcades or domes. Virginia Woolf
Rick Warren quote: "The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to,..."
The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read Rick Warren
He helped the Librarian up. There was a red glow in the ape's eyes. It had tried to steal his books. This was probably the best proof any wizard could require that the trolleys were brainless. Terry Prachett
Julian Barnes quote: "The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write..."
The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can. Julian Barnes
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind. Michel de Montaigne
Edward Gorey quote: "The helpful thought for which you look. Is written somewhere..."
The helpful thought for which you look. Is written somewhere in a book. Edward Gorey
Having reached 451 books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring, "Too bad! Only four hundred fifty-one." (Those would be my next-to-last words. The last ones will be: "I love you, Janet.") [They were. -Janet.] Isaac Asimov
To use books rightly, is to go to them for help; to appeal to them when our own knowledge and power fail; to be led by them into wider sight and purer conception than our own, and to receive from them the united sentence of the judges and councils of all time, against our solitary and unstable opinions. John Ruskin
Julian Barnes quote: "To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to..."
To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself. Julian Barnes

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