I learned that books are never finished, that it is possible for stories to go on writing themselves without an author.
As Borges has taught us, all the books in the library are contemporary. Great poems are like granaries: they are always ready to enlarge their store.
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.
A very long time ago, Grandmother had wanted to tell about all the things they did, but no one had bothered to ask. And now she had lost the urge.
(Cedric Price produced the Potteries Thinkbelt) ...project which questioned most of the cherished establishment premises of university education and substituted in their place their complete inversion.
Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.
The tree leaves rustled like that noise e-books make when you turn the page.
she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.
Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.
Remember iron sharpens iron. People inspire people, therefore, always ensure that you read books that can easily guide you to discover strategies of making a good name.
Where Eckhart Tolle meets Jack Kerouac meets Buddha. A free consciousness expanding book to kill Ego, sexual boredom & lack of excitement in life.
Oooo wee! You see that chump go flying? Look’eah, nothing like charred demon to make a brotha feel right. - Calvin Freeman (Sineaters:Devotion Book One)
Literature suffers because writers give their books to colleagues who will then write glowing reviews or saccharine introductions.
That's how you have to read this book, you see. You wade through a few sentences, then stop and think about them, then wade through a few more.
Most critics agree with the seventeenth-century printer who gave them to the world, that the Mutabilitie Cantos seem to be part of some following book of The Faerie Queene.
...he had to comfort himself with the firm conviction that most of what he objected to in Mohawk and the world at large was not the result of people reading the wrong books, but rather of not reading any at all.
An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.
I have decided to change something. I am thinking I may want to go by Aimee again.”- Aimee (Marked Book #1) page 102
...I tell myself it does not matter what one reads--favorite authors, particular themes--as long as we read something. It is not even important to own the books.
I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I think he must be retarded.
I miss being a student," said Abdul Wahid. "I miss the passionate discussions with my friends, and most of all the hours among the books.
