#boo

A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#among #books #comes #drawbacks #exercise

But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#books #especially #girl #oxford #seventeen

Which is a wonderful irony, I have property there. I go back every chance I get. One of the main reasons I actually wrote the book, agreed to write it having never wanted to do that in my life, very intimidating by the way to write a book. ↗

— Sela Ward

#agreed #back #book #chance #every

A book sometimes seems to impose a through-line to life that real life doesn't actually have. ↗

— Chris Ware

#book #impose #life #real #real life

When I was 11 years old, I thought, 'All I really wanna be able to do is my own comic book,' and I'm doing it. I don't have any other real ambitions. I have nothing to conquer at all. ↗

— Chris Ware

#any #book #comic #comic book #conquer

When I was a kid, I liked books that just seemed so dense you could lose yourself in them for a whole afternoon. They were like their own whole world. ↗

— Chris Ware

#books #could #dense #i #just

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#department #i #i remember #office #post

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#bad #books #course #craving #duty

In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming out and new ideas being discussed. But these new books and ideas don't reach Africa and we are being left behind. ↗

— George Weah

#america #behind #being #books #coming

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#both #century #crisis #defining #felt