#books

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#aristocracy #backyard #books #english #long

Well, I don't know. It's long, it's longer than both of the other books put together, so it's more ambitious. I think I get under the skin of the people a lot more than in the other books. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#books #both #get #i #i think

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#boston #give #globe #i #i write

the best of Cervantes is untranslatable, and this undeniable fact is in itself an incentive [for one and all] to learn Spanish. ↗

— Aubrey F.G. Bell

#cervantes #don-quixote #great-books #man-of-la-mancha #modern-library

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books. ↗

— James Ellroy

#books #bunch #i #i love #important

The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles. ↗

— Ronald Fisher

#detail #doubtful #far #great #lay

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ↗

— Anatole France

#contain #dull #extremely #history #history books

According to law of attraction to rid ourselves of disease we should visualize a healthy and healed self. Think thoughts of well being, Speak words of well being and let doctors do their job. ↗

— Arun Saraf

#law-of-attraction-books #subconscious-mind #money

We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey. ↗

— John Hope

#get #glories #go #into #journey

Consider the millions who are buying those modern Aladdin’s lamps called e-readers. These magical devices, ever more beautiful and nimble in design, have only to be lightly rubbed for the genie of literature to be summoned. ↗

— Steve Wasserman

#the-amazon-effect #the-nation #beauty