#books

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. ↗

The importance and influence of books on me has been cumulative: the result of hearing and reading lots of stories about interesting people and places. ↗

— Louise Brown

#been #books #cumulative #hearing #importance

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books. ↗

— Pat Brown

#books #go #good #killers #less

There isn’t any particular relationship between the messages, except that the author has chosen them carefully, so that, when seen all at once, they produce an image of life that is beautiful and surprising and deep. There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects. What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#beauty

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. ↗

— Samuel Butler

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We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#cost-effective #effective way #figure #had #how

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. ↗

— Laura Bush

#alone #book #books #into #lies

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine. ↗