Quotes about book
book thinking certain
When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness. Jules Renard
book people world
If you had a front row seat at the Renaissance, you would have seen Machiavelli come by plotting, and you would have seen murders in the streets, you would have seen violence, you have seen people burning books and it would have looked like the world was a horrible place, but that's where all these incredible stuff we're still living with comes out of.
book being-alone self
I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so I made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else. Joshua Slocum
book heaven judgment
The books are balanced in heaven, not here. Josh Billings
book blessing possibility
Our patriarchal blessings are paragraphs from the book of our own possibilities. Karl G. Maeser
book angel writing
The angels laugh at old Karl. They laugh at him because he tries to grasp the truth about God in a book of Dogmatics. They laugh at the fact that volume follows volume, and each is thicker than the previous ones. As they laugh, they say to one another, ‘Look! Here he comes now with his little pushcart full of volumes of the Dogmatics!’—and they laugh about the persons who write so much about Karl Barth instead of writing about the things he is trying to write about. Truly, the angels laugh. Karl Barth
book
I have read many books, but the Bible reads me. Karl Barth
book literature geography
A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography. Karl Kraus
book reading butterfly
I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round. Karl Kraus
book thinking years
Because I stopped dieting already six months ago, and I think it's important to bring out a book like this and you are there a year later and say look, I'm still like this. Karl Lagerfeld
book smell world
The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world. Karl Lagerfeld
book healing drug
Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books. Karl Lagerfeld
book love-and-hate should
For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it. Karl Lagerfeld
book greek christianity
There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to a publication of a high clergyman of Milan. Not even did Jews raise objections to that book. Julius Streicher
book taken holocaust
Anti-Semitic publications have existed in Germany for centuries. A book I had, written by Dr. Martin Luther, was, for instance, confiscated. Dr. Martin Luther would very probably sit in my place in the defendants' dock today, if this book had been taken into consideration by the prosecution. Julius Streicher
book animal law
It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals. Julius Streicher
book people fiction
There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened. Julius Erving
book writing emotional
I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience. Joyce Cary
book divorce men
Men are just like a book - with a beginning, middle and an end. Pamela Anderson
book eye lasts
Open your eyes at last and see...now I will open the book of the world for you,there are no words in it,just pictures Oskar Kokoschka
book people
I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it. Kathy Acker
book pages novel
A novel is a book with a lot of pages. Kathy Acker
book thoughtful years
I'm pretty sure I can say that no one in my family ever asked Demetrie what it felt like to be black in Mississippi, working for our white family. It never occurred to us to ask. It was everyday life. It wasn't something people felt compelled to examine. I have wished, for many years, that I'd been old enough and thoughtful enough to ask Demetrie that question. She died when I was sixteen. I've spent years imagining what her answer would be. And that is why I wrote this book. Kathryn Stockett
book home thinking
I grew up in the 1970s, but I don't think a whole lot had changed from the '60s. Oh, it had changed in the law books - but not in the kitchens of white homes. Kathryn Stockett
book giving missing
Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again. Kathryn Stockett
book order california
I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good. Kathryn Stockett
book writing thinking
I think I would like to write screenplays, books, really anything. Kara Hayward
book fronts
I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books. Kara Hayward
book giving inspire
Osho's books inspire me to meditate. They give me peace of mind. Kapil Dev
book fans
I am not a fan of books. Kanye West
book reality rivers
I wanted to find a place to hide from all of it, where the nightmares and the rivers and reality couldn't find me. For me, that place was always inside a book. Kami Garcia
book age noses
Until then, you can do what everyone else your age does. Listen to music. Watch the television. Just keep your nose away from those books. Kami Garcia
book
You couldn't unburn the books. You could only buy new ones. Kami Garcia