3105 Books Quotes for You to Enjoy

The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn't that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice. Ruth Rendell

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I have two quite large houses, and every cupboard and drawer is stuffed with books. Ruth Rendell

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I can't sum up my books. They're all rather complicated. Sometimes I think they're too complicated. But that's the way I am. When I start to write a book, my head gets full of all kinds of detail. Ruth Rendell

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Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action use - and have used throughout history - to solve their problems and achieve their greatest triumphs. Not in the classroom but on the battlefield, in the forum, and at court. Ryan Holiday

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You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing new things with it. Ryan North

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We musicians often get inspiration from films and books or photographs, not only by music. Ryuichi Sakamoto

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Any writer who gives a reader a pleasurable experience is doing every other writer a favor because it will make the reader want to read other books. I am all for it. S. E. Hinton

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I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway. S. E. Hinton

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When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy. S. E. Hinton

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I felt like an outcast and turned to books, fantasy in particular, to find a place for myself. Reading took me away from this world, which I needed. Sabaa Tahir

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For a while, gently bumping into my nightstand meant a pile of 50 books clattering onto my head and the floor. After the 10th time this happened, I moved most of the books to a shelf in the spare room. Now, my nightstand is sort of like a bookish country club. And not all books get in. Sabaa Tahir

I grew up feeling voiceless and powerless as a kid. I turned to books - fantasy books in particular - to give me comfort. As I grew up, I realized I could find that sense of power and voice if I simply started writing. Sabaa Tahir

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I actually like love triangles in books. That's one of the main reasons why I wrote one. I really love love triangles. Sabaa Tahir

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Tahir Pasha assigned me a room when I was staying in his residence, and every night before sleeping, I would spend around three hours going over the books I had memorized. It would take me three months to go through the lot. Thanks be to God, all those works became steps ascending to the truths of the Qur'an. Said Nursi

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I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them. Said Sayrafiezadeh

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I'm the weird person who completely loved and devoured 'Middlemarch' but who has not finished far shorter and more readable books due to distraction or the fact that by some miracle I am sleeping through the night. Sally Mann

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What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not. Sally Phillips

I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I've always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my own creation. Sam Abell

I hear stories of kids trying to swipe left or right on books - we have to rein that back a bit and not become drones ourselves. The more we embrace it, the more machine-like we risk becoming. Sam Palladio

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I don't have a real home. When I got 'Avatar,' I sold everything that I owned because I knew it was going to be a long journey. I've got two bags, and that was four years ago, and I've been working ever since, and I've still only got two bags - a bag of books and a bag of clothes. That's about it. Sam Worthington

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