Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke; but the drops and the smoke remain behind: so the quantity which is past did more exceed.
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
You have no cause to grumble boy. You made your choice and all this is a consequence of your choice. Whatever now ensues is what you yourself have chosen.
Men from the mountains always dream of the sea, and above all things I love to travel.
I used to get upset if somebody I didn't like loved a book I loved. That's MY book, I'd think.
His entire body was pleading for reassurance, and if her whole love was not enough what else could she give him to cure his doubt?
An editor is someone who is paid to tell a writer what she thinks about how he wrote what he thinks about.
The to-read pile is more than just a physical stack of books: it's a tower of ambitions failed, hopes unrealised, good intentions unfulfilled. Worse still, it's a cold hard reminder of mortality. Alre...
A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.
Writing fiction is one of the greatest forms of empathy. It's not enough to simply write from the perspective of your characters...you have to feel what they feel.
I spend money on convenient, comfortable and luxurious things; I spend money on books too.
Just because you see bad contents in few pages of the bookIt doesn't mean the whole contents in that book are bad too
There are no such things as book hoarders, only aspiring librarians
Which is my favourite author??You have mistake it must be authors I have a lot of favourite authors, which is my book, opps again a mistake, it must be books...
By small and simple sentences, great books come to pass.
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
The more you know, the more you know you know nothing.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it." -- William Styron (born June 11 1925)
Our existence has always and everywhere been tragic, but man has converted these numberless tragedies into works of art. I know of nothing more astonishing or more wonderful than this transformation.
Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged (or intense) exposure of one mind to another.