#read

I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner of war and the fabricated stories, but you know, to me I was just another soldier over there doing my job. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#another #books #doing #fabricated #going

And Marx spoke of the fact that socialism will be the kingdom of freedom, where man realizes himself in a way that humankind has never seen before. This was an inspiring body of literature to read. ↗

— Albert Maltz

#body #fact #freedom #himself #humankind

The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#books #doubled #lives #pleasure #reading

Every time I find a picture of him with other women, or read in magazines that he's involved with 'groupies,' I don't go and show up where he is making a huge scene and getting our faces put all over the TV and papers. ↗

— Kim Mathers

#every time #faces #find #getting #go

Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in in ice, that which according to the laws of nature should pass away is by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved. It is a kind of magic. As one tends the graves of the dead, so I tend the books. And every day I open a volume or two, read a few lines or pages, allow the voices of the forgotten dead to resonate inside my head. ↗

— Diane Setterfield

#memories #old-age #reading #age

It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader's opportunities to follow it at every step. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#been #case #could #create #every

All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards shows for years and it's been hilarious. Everyone is always asking me what the bleeped-out parts are saying. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#angry #asking #awards #baseball #baseball players

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? ↗

— Walter Matthau

#book #did #finished #just #porcupines

If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there. ↗

— Robert Kiyosaki

#already #been #find #go #someone

If there's criticism of my work that's legitimate. I'm ready to hear of it. ↗

— Edward Klein

#hear #i #legitimate #ready #work