#books

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#lore #men #more #ocean #old

I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole. ↗

— Josh Lucas

#character #each #feed #find #going

I have friends who read my books in Greek. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#friends #greek #i #read #who

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#confess #more #sell #sins #will

All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#authors #behind #books #course #enjoyed

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#i #keep #like #much #only

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#books #classroom #come #desk #heaped

I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years, things subtle but distinctly different from the books written every day. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#books #compel #day #different #distinctly

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#cottage #desire #full #i #king

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#away #books #get #i #me