Quotes of: Comic-books Keyword

So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea.

Matilda

Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

Northanger Abbey

It’s not enough to fill your head with wondrous ideas—you must initiate action.

No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

People rise to the occasion without hesitation when they feel inspired and challenged.

No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

We want books that are written for those of us who doubt everything, who cry over the least little thing, who are startled by the slightest noise.

A Novel Bookstore

I don't ever want to be a fair-weather anything. Playing through the elements is always better than sitting on the sidelines.

No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

Your success is your responsibility. Take the initiative, do the work, and persist to the end.

No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

Struggle strengthens the human bond and lightens the burden of the human condition.

No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively.

N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups

How would it be after the last sentence? The last sentence he had always feared and from the middle of a book, he had always been tormented by the thought that there would inevitably be a last sentence.

Night Train to Lisbon

The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. There was nothing I wanted to be.

Norwegian Wood

Darling, whose book is this to be?" "Ostensibly yours, my sweet" "I see -- rather like my life since I met you?" "Yes darling

Kraken Wakes

God knows what possessed me, but having that science book in my hand propelled me to immediate action. So I hit her with it.

Looking for Alibrandi

Stories arrest us. Parents use stories to capture the attention of active children. Preachers use stories to capture the attention of sleepy adults.

Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books

God, he thought, her eyes are so bright, flashing, deep, full of promise, all those things eyes are in books but never are in life, and she was his.

Little, Big

Whatever (its) virtues, (the) writing explores the culture of work but marginalizes work itself.

Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books

I would so hate to be a first-person character! Always on your guard, always having people read your thoughts!

Lost in a Good Book

It is an odd thing that you can easily get millions of pounds for weapons to destroy life, but it is exceedingly difficult to get thousands for weapons to preserve it.

Leaves From A Surgeon's Case-Book

The Written Word is a Fairy, as mocking and elusive as Willy Wisp, speaking lying words to us in a feigned voice. So let all readers of books take warning!

Lud-in-the-Mist

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.

A Long Way Down

If you find holes in my book that you could drive a car through, do not be too sure they were not left there for that express purpose.

The Land of Journeys' Ending