#books

With paper printed books, you have certain freedoms. You can acquire the book anonymously by paying cash, which is the way I always buy books. I never use a credit card. I don't identify to any database when I buy books. Amazon takes away that freedom. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#always #amazon #anonymously #any #away

A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #desire #desires #dreams #expectations

We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#degradation #found #fully #grand #history

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#library #bible

When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics. ↗

— George Stephen

#basics #books #came #decided #did

A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. ↗

— George Stephen

#after #books #couple #i #offer

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#acquaintance #books #brag #learn #lords

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young poet, and the American, Robert Frost. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#american #been #blake #books #favorite

I don't read magazines much, and I have an awful time with books. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#books #i #magazines #much #read

I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#book #books #doing #goosebumps #haven