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In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.