#books

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

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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

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

— George Stephen

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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

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

— R. L. Stine

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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles. ↗

— R. L. Stine

#book #books #develop #different #different styles

I love theme parks but I'm a real chicken on rides. I'd rather invent scary rides for my books than go on them for real. ↗