#v

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#become #bestseller #books #del #did

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#after #book #even #i #next

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#basic #book #each #hand #hold

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#everywhere #feed #find #magnanimous #more

The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep tonight. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#asleep #calm #fields #floods #full

Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration? ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#against #because #bias #catholic #catholic church

Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time. ↗

— Bradley Chicho

#floor #ocean #oyster #peaceful #rocked

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#means #nothing #sadder #standards #than

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#creative #impulses #man #possessive #war

I guess all songs is folk songs. I never heard no horse sing 'em. ↗

— Big Bill Broonzy

#folk songs #guess #heard #horse #i