#book

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words. ↗

— Amy Lowell

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Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

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I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

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If you think you have it tough, read history books. ↗

— Bill Maher

#history #history books #read #story books #think

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. ↗

— Ken Follett

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The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

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Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. ↗

— Shelby Foote

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I'm talking about those novels where the characters aren't really interesting and you don't care about them or anything they care about. It's those books I won't read anymore. There's too much else to read--books about people and things that matter, books about life and death. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#characters #death #life #reading #death

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

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If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer. ↗

— Anne Frank

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