#book

One half who graduate from college never read another book. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#another #book #college #graduate #half

I try to make my books reflect humanity as I see it. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#humanity #i #i see #make #reflect

Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#electronic-books #life

Inside the front flap of the book were handwritten names of the dozen or so people who had checked the book out before Naomi. Instead of writing her name, Naomi had a thin paper receipt with the due date printed on it. She could never possess this book the way those other people had. It was one of those uselessly nostalgic and sentimental thoughts that serve only our own romantic ideals, but I couldn't help believing it was true nonetheless. I took a pencil out from behind the register and handed it to her. ↗

— Dinaw Mengestu

#libraries #beauty

We have used the Bible as if it were a mere special constable's handbook, an opium dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they are overloaded. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#bible #burden #dose #handbook #keeping

Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open. ↗

— Gustav Klimt

#i #instead #japanese #miss #morning

I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment. ↗

— Linda Tripp

#i #write

I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing. ↗

— David Maraniss

#capture #cultural #doing #explain #focus

I'm more of a visual person, but I think that reading's extremely important. But I'm very easily distracted. It takes certain books to really grab you in. ↗

— Jason Marsden

#certain #distracted #easily #extremely #grab

The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction. ↗

— Yann Martel

#book #fiction #flip #idea #me