#book

The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book. ↗

— John McGahern

#always #book #church #churches #evening

Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and the locality. The idea was that the whole world would grow out from that small space. ↗

— John McGahern

#book #community #concentrated #concentrates #dominant

I read all the time. I was reading a book I admire very much by Alice McDermot called Charming Billy. ↗

— John McGahern

#alice #billy #book #called #charming

I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television. ↗

— John McGahern

#away #back #books #boy #bring

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#around #because #being #books #both

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it. ↗

— Herman Melville

#choose #enduring #ever #flea #great

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#believe #books #comfortable #define #i

At the moment, I have it planned as a six or seven year experiment, but the books will only ever appear in bursts like this every couple of years and only with the best quality artists. ↗

— Mark Millar

#artists #best #books #bursts #couple

Being the first to do something like this also registers a lot of attention that the line might not have gotten if all four books had just appeared from one company. ↗

— Mark Millar

#appeared #attention #being #books #company

However, if I can expand this to Top Cow or Avatar I'm helping the sales, however small, on my Marvel books because I'm almost certain to pick up some new readers. ↗

— Mark Millar

#because #books #certain #cow #expand