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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
stories wonderful marley
Marley was dead, to begin with ... This must be distintly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.
stories ends middle
The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end. Alan Rickman
stories needs thanks
It is an ancient need to be told stories. But the story needs a great storyteller. Thanks for all of it, Jo.
stories left
I like it when stories are left open.
stories imaginary
This is an IMAGINARY STORY...aren't they all? Alan Moore
stories
Everybody has their story to tell.
stories storytelling process
I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process; it's probably the closest I come to having a religion. Alan Ball
stories
Our stories are the tellers of us. Chris Cleave
stories
We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.
narrative information different
The comics medium has some unusual features that do make it very different, in that it's combining a verbal narrative with a visual one that allows for much richer possibilities of transmitting information.
narrative nonfiction labels
Nonfiction, qua label, is nothing more or less than a very flexible (easily breakable) frame that allows you to pull the thing away from narrative and toward contemplation, which is all I've ever wanted. David Shields
narrative plot resolution
Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.
narrative allies honest
I'm not interested in collage as the refuge of the composition-ally disabled. I'm interested in collage as (to be honest) an evolution beyond narrative.
narrative
I have a narrative, but you will be put to it to find it. Djuna Barnes
narrative shows
My shows are not narratives. Brian Eno
narrative rock-n-roll tradition
I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition. Bruce Springsteen
narrative
Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers. A. S. Byatt
narrative adhesive film
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. Carter Burwell