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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.
slaughterhouse-five matter why-me
Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Kurt Vonnegut
slaughterhouse-five amber matter
- Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? - Yes. - Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.
slaughterhouse-five mountain doe
I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is.
slaughterhouse-five next slaughterhouse-5
He is in a constant state of stage fright, he says, because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next
slaughterhouse-five slaughterhouse-5 slaughter-house-five
Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.
slaughterhouse-five love-one-another slaughterhouse-5
They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.
slaughterhouse-five awful might
That's one thing Earthlings might learn to do, if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.
slaughterhouse-five chaos slaughterhouse-5
All this happened, more or less.
suspense inevitability
There is no suspense in inevitability. Damon Lindelof
suspense balanced ifs
For me, suspense doesn't have any value if it's not balanced by humor. Alfred Hitchcock
suspense urban birth
You could call it that [urban Western], I guess, you could certainly call it that. A lot of these types of films are, really, if you get down to the core most suspense thrillers in this genre, the Western is sort of the birth of it all. Antoine Fuqua
suspense delay doe
Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time. John Calvin
suspense-novels conflict subplots
In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. Jeffery Deaver
suspense-novels novelists suspense
Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott. Lisa Gardner
suspense stories love-story
Just finished 'Secrecy' - truly enthralling both as a love story and as a tale of suspense - but much more than both. Philip Pullman
suspense mystery solve
I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a high suspense writer. Iris Johansen
suspense stories fans
Really I'm a fan of any movie, whether it's suspense, action, or comedy, anything that has a good story. Scott Eastwood