“ We all shuffle our own deck in life ... The deck is our brain, the cards are our thoughts, the results we get will determine if we are giving ourselves a fair deal. Do you have an authentic dealer? Michael Levy
“ I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don’t send a thank-you note, repay them with sexual activity. If the book is rare or b… John Waters
“ The male tax?”“Yeah. The tax that men have to pay for not having to menstruate every month. Or risk getting pregnant. Or deal with the physically stronger sex in a macho world… Women have to put up wi… Zack Love
“ Heaven would be a comfortable chair, a library, Diet Coke, and an occasional cheese pizza. Sex once in a while. No talking. ~ Drew Stirling Jayden Hunter
“ And in that moment he realised that even though the dreams they’d seen together, hoped for and believed in had come true, it wasn’t enough. It was far from reality which was lonesome and woeful. And c… Chirag Tulsiani
“ That’s the thing with reality, he said, you can’t repeat it to order, you can’t correct it. Perhaps we should read more books. Peter Stamm
“ In my own experience, contacts with the big world outside the typewriter are puzzling and terrifying; I don’t think I like reality very much. Principally, I don’t understand people outside; people in… Shirley Jackson
“ I clap because I know what will happen when I stop. It's the same thing that happens when I turn off a really good movie - one that I've lost myself to - which is that I'll be thrown back to my own re… Gayle Forman
“ Most of us do things for reasons that are more purely personal. For love, or for hate. Cassandra Clare
“ It was so odd what brought out tenderness in people. It was never what you have expected. Cassandra Clare
“ Will: I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.Tessa: Well, they are, aren't they? Isn't there anything you love like that? Cassandra Clare
“ It's alright to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it. Cassandra Clare
“ Books are my passion," James told her, "I cannot imagine passing a day without reading. Sophie Barnes
“ Until I was left with nothing but life and books, I realised these two gracious gifts, where enough for me to exist. Lailah Gifty Akita
“ How could we have improved ourselves, if we had not dared to read, learn and write? Lailah Gifty Akita
“ In order to protect their good names for posterity, many writers never wrote what they thought or the truth as it stood. That's why truth still lies hidden in matters of power, sex and religion. No wo… Bangambiki Habyarimana
“ Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men. Christopher Morley