Quotes of: Books Keyword

that the grace of fable stirs the mind"...and..."that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages

Rene Descartes

If you want to see and feel magic first hand, read a book to your kid before bedtime. —Richard Due

Richard Due

Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature.

Roger Ebert

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.

Roberta Flack

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.

Robert Frost

And on the worn book of old-golden I brought not here to read, it seems, but hold And freshen in this air of withering sweetness;

Robert Frost

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.

Rachel Gibson

In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.

Roxane Gay

Not surprisingly, the chief way self-published authors get the word out about their books is through the Internet.

Ruth Glick

I got interested in the question of literacy because writers are always moaning about why more people don't read books.

Robert Hass

I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings and stuff.

Robert Hunter

In a second-hand bookshop head to the back, find the old books with dust undisturbed and worn off covers for these clothe true treasures.

Rachel Hall

When the Supreme Court moved to Washington in 1800, it was provided with no books, which probably accounts for the high quality of early opinions.

Robert Jackson

I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.

Rachel Kushner

Last year I think I made more from my Image books than anywhere else.

Robert Kirkman

Mark Twain said, 'The right word is to the nearly right word as lightning is to the lightning bug.' Fill your book with lightning.

Robert Littell

Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99.

Ryan Lilly

She'd always been a little excitable, a little more passionate about books than your average person, but she was supposed to be -- she was a librarian, after all.

Sarah Beth Durst

For my 'Perfect Chemistry' series, I did movie-style book trailers, and my fans went crazy for them.

Simone Elkeles