Quotes of: History-books Keyword

Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book.

Sense and Sensibility

The story of the book filled the car with exciting adventures of the sort that are fun to read about, so we didn’t have to think about the exciting adventures of the sort that are no fun to live through.

Shouldn't You Be in School?

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.

The Singing Tree

You can't judge a book by its cover," he said. "No," said Watts. "But you can tell how much it's gonna cost!

Some Kind of Wonderful

In my schoolboy reveries, we were always two fugitives riding on the spine of a book, eager to escape into worlds of fiction and secondhand dreams.

The Shadow of the Wind

Socrates became a trendsetter. Other philosophers, including Plato and Aristotle and Gus, quickly followed suit, dropping their last names too. And, for centuries after that there would be countless imitators including oltaire, Michelangelo, and, muc...

This is a Book

An unfinished book. left unattended, turns feral, and she would need all her focus, will and ruthless determination to tame it again.

A Tale for the Time Being

Magda was reading a book by a Trappist, in a better mood, and I was sitting on the edge of the bed, fingering my useless map.

This Is How You Lose Her

This isn't a book. This isn't a paranormal fantasy or whatever the hell it is you read. There is no set plot or clear idea of where any of this is going. The enemies aren't obvious. There are no guaranteed happy endings.

Opal

Books have tremendous worth, and we must not do anything to make them seem less valuable.

The Outsmarting of Criminals: A Mystery Introducing Miss Felicity Prim

He would give every penny he has (such is the malignity of the germ) to write one little book and become famous; yet all the gold in Peru will not buy him the treasure of a well-turned line.

Orlando

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.

Pooh's Little Instruction Book

You had to admire a guy who called his own new book a classic before it was published and anyone else had a chance to read it.

The Princess Bride

We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try." Now count the times it tells us to "trust.

Prayer for Beginners

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.

The Poisonwood Bible

Therefore, to maximize your productivity, deliberately focus on precisely one thing at a time.

Productivity: Big Ideas from the Top 10 Books

One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world.

Prayer for Beginners

Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.

Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

The Prince and the Pauper

you are a volume in the divine book a mirror to the power that created the universe whatever you want, ask it of yourself whatever you're looking for can only be found inside of you

The Poetry of Jalaluddin Rumi

The Bible is the ultimate book of wisdom and advice.

Prayers to Calm Your Heart: Finding the Path to More Peace and Less Stress