#books

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat. ↗

— Mark Twain

#humor #humor

After a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#funny #humor #humour #funny

If I were you, I'd go and do that. : Vikalp That's why you're not me! : Yatharth. ↗

— Shubham Choudhary

#funny #my-ex-fell-in-love #funny

The book “Little Women,” what, is that about midgets? I freaking love midgets. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #funny

But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on earth would induce me to read it. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#humor #literary-criticism #humor

Silver knives! Painful and sometimes deadly to all paranormals!' 'Tasey!' I counterd 'Hot pink and sparkly! ↗

— Kiersten White

#evie #humor #humor

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#humor #reading #humor

BIG books are better.  There, I said it and it's true.  ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#preferences #reading #richelle #richelle-goodrich #writing

From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #old-place

Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#books #dejan-stojanovic #desires #fights #literature