#boo

Oh, come on, Arthur." "I don't want to hear it, Andy." "Jesus Christ" "He doesn't want to hear it, either. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#jesus-christ

Jeremy tried to be an interesting person. The trouble was that he was the kind of person who, having decided to be an interesting person, would first of all try to find a book called How to Be An Interesting Person and then see whether there were any courses available. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#self-help #self-help-book

You know that feeling," she said, "when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing close around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage, and you cannot let go or turn the course aside. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#tessa-gray #tragedy #tessa-gray

Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward ~ Victor Kiam ↗

— Victor Klam

#books #fantasy #fiction #victor-klam #fantasy-fiction

Forget the past, think of future, remember God's goodness and His power and ability to take you to where you ought to be and establish you. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#be-different #books-reading #chiyson #greater-glory #higher-living

Ideals belong in a world only the wise man can understand," Marron said quietly. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#ideals #wisdom #wisdom-quote

Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores. It has features. This book can go under the microscope. You’d find life under the glass, streaming past in infinite profusion. The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more ‘literary’ you are. That’s my definition anyway. Telling detail. Fresh detail. The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies. So now you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#life #literature #reading #rape

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#reading #louisa-may-alcott

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#writing-books

Do not look too far for you will see nothing. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #nothing #philosophy