The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.
Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into a lucid form and forcing them into the tightfitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.
There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read—unless it be reading while you eat. Amabel did both: they are not the same thing, as you will see if you think the matter over.
I liked reading biographies of writers, even if (as was the case with Monsieur Rabelais)I'd never read any of their actual writing. I flipped to the back and found the highlighted quote ("NEVER USE A HIGHLIGHTER IN MY BOOKS,
See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.
Get someone-anyone-to read books to you. Having books read to you at any age is the supremo ultimato of living.
Two clichés make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the clichés are talking , and celebrating a reunion. ( )
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while life is only long enough for him to attempt to read a hundred?
Sincere compliments cost nothing and can accomplish so much. In ANY relationship, they are the applause that refreshes.
Because of literature we can decipher, at least partially, the hieroglyphic that existence tends to be for the great majority of human beings.
If you only read what you agree with, you'll never learn anything. - James D. Hodgson
Teagan: How long has it been since you read a book that didn’t havevampires in it? Abby: They write books with no vampires? Wait...the penguins made us read that Shakesrear guy, right? Teagan: Shakespeare.
Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don't last a day in the real word. No one's a lady anymore. Why do you think we get our claws polished?
I wish I could line up naked the men I've slept with and just gloat for a hot minute. Beautiful creatures.
At the end of the day, I just want to sit with someone I love and chat about what matters and even what doesn’t.
When we are young, we want to be old and for things to change. When we are old, we want to be young and for things to go back to the way they were.
Having two women—one who can’t know about the other, and one who must be trusted not to destroy his life—is clearly difficult for him.
Perhaps fate brought us together, And the incidents in between made us close, Falling in love was a simple choice, But breaking my heart, that was yours.
Malibu: With sounds of waves crashing, and the ocean at the doorstep, you feel like you are hours away from civilization. And with L.A. traffic, YOU ARE.
Many of the women in Los Angeles are part of the notorious gang culture, and they will forever have my gratitude for, you know, letting me live.
Facebook is that successful guy you’re supposed to want to date, but you can’t keep your mind off the beautiful freak in the corner. Twitter is my freak.
