#books

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose. ↗

— Steven Wright

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I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassettes, with pens and paper, just in case I get the urge to sit down somewhere, and oh, I don't know, read something or write my masterpiece. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

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Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. ↗

— William Wycherley

#friends #judgment #like #many #may

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em. ↗

— William Wycherley

#company #conversation #discreetly #doze #fitter

And Michael likes to read a lot. People don't realize that about him but he reads a number of books per week and he's fascinated just about every subject. ↗

— David Gest

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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. ↗

— J. Paul Getty

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I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#been #books #characters #compelling #drawn

I really try to focus on my books and readers. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#focus #i #readers #really #try

I'm not too interested in books about India. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

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I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it. ↗

— Ahmet Zappa

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