Quotes of: Long-book Keyword

So long as the wolf is captured the dog will bite his leg.

French

The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first.

French

The weather, fleecy clouds, and a made up woman don't last long.

French

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.

German

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.

German

No call alligator long mouth till you pass him.

Jamaican

Long skirts carry dust, but short skirts carry away souls.

Maltese

As long as the sun shines one does not ask for the moon.

Russian

The day we fear hastens toward us, the day we long for creeps.

Swedish

Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.

Flaubert's Parrot

Marco could not have known about the mystical effect of a full moon on cats and books left on their own in the library. Not until he saw the lines breathe, the words unveiled.

Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria

In classrooms and living rooms across the globe, an agnostic or an atheist may be heard to strenuously argue, 'But the Bible is just a book.' Similar arguments may be raised against other holy books. But they all are too ironic, by half. A book is th...

Gospel Prism

The highways of American cities are an enduring testimony to our acceptance of ugliness

Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life

As a book author, it's your responsibility to cast a vision for your book about the length and appearance before you pitch the idea to a publisher.

Book Proposals That Sell: 21 Secrets to Speed Your Success

At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that...

Jonathan Kozol

Use more caution the next time you make a reading selection. Books, you know, are a lot like people, and each and every one of us is ultimately judged by the company we keep

Aesop Revisited: Book 1

In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed ...

Yayoi Kusama

Reading books in one's youth is like looking at the moon through a crevice; reading books in middle age is like looking at the moon in one's courtyard; and reading books in old age is like looking at the moon on an open terrace.

The Importance Of Living

Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver’s Travels from the library.  This book I had again and again perused with delight. 

Jane Eyre

...the reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven symphony, never hears it again.

Rereadings: Seventeen writers revisit books they love

I love books. I’m giving some hard copies of the Sacerdos Mysteries book away because I think there’s something so brilliant about them. The digitisation trend is the future but people will still want the feel and smell of real books.

Sacerdos