#boo

The book came after the fall of the Taliban, it says something about Afghan family life. Those kind of stories - what happens behind the scenes on a TV screen - are important. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#afghan #after #behind #book #came

I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#book #court #down #get #i

A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#evidence #only #people #pieces #still

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them. ↗

— John Selden

#books #may #name #others #own

A book is a book is a book. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#books #childhood #children #exposed #i

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#beautiful #being #book #gogh #i

I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics. Kids tell you what they think, not what they think they should think. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#better #books #children #critics #i

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#attached #books #certain #music #pieces

There's so much more to a book than just the reading. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#just #more #much #reading #than