#boo

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#book #possession #reading #substitute

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#books #case #devil #god #heard

We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#cost-effective #effective way #figure #had #how

There are some things that don't change much. I find the smell of a dish, or the way a certain spice is crushed, or just a quick look at the way something has been put on a plate, can pull me back to another place and time. I love those memories that seem so far away, yet you can hold them and carry them with you, even forget them, and then, with a single taste or hint or a smell, be chaperoned back to a beautiful moment. ↗

— Tessa Kiros

#falling-cloudberries #foodie #sentimental #beauty

I didn't go to Latin America thinking, 'I'm gonna write a book. This is what I'm gonna do.' I went there to work for UNICEF and to learn. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#book #go #gonna #i #latin

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. ↗

— Laura Bush

#alone #book #books #into #lies

Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny. ↗

— Candace Bushnell

#alike #alter #anything #book #carrie

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#get #into #keep #main #mine

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#just #oldest #only #out #read

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day. ↗

— David Byrne

#day #decrepit #great #joint #leveler