Quotes of: Comic-books Keyword

I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done som...

Paul Allen

There are matters in that book, said to be done by the express command of God, that are as shocking to humanity, and to every idea we have of moral justice, as any thing done by Robespierre, by Carrier, by Joseph le Bon, in France, by the English gov...

The Age of Reason

This time Simone did not smile at all. "I cannot tell that to you, child. This is a secret I am not allowed to talk about. I only hope that you will know how to follow the true and right path. And now, farewell!" She turned around and walked away bet...

Nirupa and the Book of Shadows

Lord!" he said, "when you sell a man a book you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue — you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night — there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real...

Parnassus on Wheels

To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must write dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let ...

Ray Bradbury

If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in bea...

Ray Bradbury

As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by ...

Sherman Alexie

If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back.

Iranian

Old truths, old laws, old friends, old books, and old wine are best.

Polish

One very important key to maintaining our daily sanity is a simple scheduling tactic I call Putting Things the Hell Off.

The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

Counsels and Maxims (The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer)

Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Forget perfect on the first try. In the face of frustration, your best tool is a few deep breaths, and remembering that you can do anything once you've practed two hundred times.

The Daring Book for Girls

Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by which to explore reality itself.

Dedalus Book of Surrealism 2: The Myth of the World

Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]

Epigrams, Volume III, Books 11-14.

I was learning that when you're with someone who is dying, you may need to celebrate the past, live the present, and mourn the future all at the same time.

The End of Your Life Book Club

...mindfulness - it isn't a trick or a gimmick. It's being present in the moment. When I'm with you, I'm with you. Right now. That's all. No more and no less.

The End of Your Life Book Club

I went on a blind date—with a descendent of Helen Keller.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Men are from vaginas, and women are from women.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

I have a strong opinion on steroids.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Sexy is fine. So is OK.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.