#books

I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period. ↗

— Rick Wakeman

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A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#among #books #comes #drawbacks #exercise

But a girl of seventeen is not always thinking of books, especially in the Oxford summer term. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

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Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#bad #books #course #craving #duty

Instead of hoping that some day the boys' club will open its doors, we can form our own clubs, define 'worthy' our own way, and celebrate the books and voices that we decide deserve celebration. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

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People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

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I write books to find out about things. ↗

— Rebecca West

#books #find #i #i write #out

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#careful #company #dead #keep #living

I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. ↗

— Dave Eggers

#books #certain #editor #house #i

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

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