“ If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all. Thomas Carlyle
“ Books can be immensely powerful. The ideas in them can change the way people think. Yet it was the Nazis and Stalin's officers who committed terrible crimes, and not Mein Kampf or the Communist Manife… John Farndon
“ When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly. Jen Knox
“ The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastl… Mortimer J. Adler
“ It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never… Stephen Fry
“ Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort. Carolyn G. Heilbrun
“ My bookcase is all yours."I walked to the door. "I've just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world. Kasie West
“ I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to b… Simone de Beauvoir
“ I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think a… Jess C. Scott
“ Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you. E. Lockhart
“ It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "romantic." Look at so many of the so-called romantic figures in books and movies. Do we ever stop and… Deb Caletti
“ You will need to come in as soon as possible, the sooner we treat this, the better the chance of recovery…”Rose began to cry. “Will I die?”The doctor didn’t reply.Treatment began only days later, Rose… Ruth Watson-Morris
