#book

the Real-World was a sprawling mess of a book in need of a good editor. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#humor #life #philosophy #reading #humor

The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#books #criticism #humor #interpretation #literature

Some people read books on musicians, while I read music books. Not books on music, but literally books full of sheet music. Fascinating reading. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#humor #music #musicians #reading #humor

I would have understood if they had of killed him~~MaryL Daughter of Darkness ↗

— L.J. Smith

#night-world #humor

What are American dry-goods? asked the duchess, raising her large hands in wonder and accentuating the verb. American novels, answered Lord Henry. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#bad-reviews #books #humor #literary-criticism #novels

Death is the Inevitable Price We Must Pay. ↗

— Ellen J. Barrier

#literature #novel #relatio #romance #death

The Side Effects of Dying in Your Pants isn't really funny… Alright, it's a little funny. ↗

— John Green

#humor #funny

I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive. I'm not. I'm an artist. Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk) ↗

— Joan Bauer

#humor #infatuation #insecurity #shyness #stalking

When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book? ↗

— Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

#humor

I put the books I was returning on the appropriate desk, and I began looking at the shelves of new arrivals. Most of them were some permutation on self-help. Going by how popular these books were and how often they were checked out, everyone in Bon Temps should have become perfect by now. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#humor #library #humor