All Quotes By Tag: Book
“Turning a manuscript into a book is easy; getting the manuscript ready to become a book is hard.”
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“Dziewicza strona, biała. Pierwsza skalana i odrzucona. Wszystkie te marzenia, obietnice: czekanie, aż będę mogła znowu pisać, a potem bolesny, sfuszerowany gwałt na pierwszej kartce.”
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“STRAUSS:Have you ever thought about putting those experiences into a book?RICHIE:I did decide to write about what i experienced in climbing to the top. And finally when I got there, I discovered what was at the top.You know what was there?STRAUSS: No, I don’t.RICHIE: Nothing. Not one thing. What was at the top was all the experiences that you had to get there.”
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“Le livre est un morceau de silence dans les mains du lecteur. Celui qui écrit se tait. Celui qui lit ne rompt pas le silence.”
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“Some writers write to forget. Some forget to write.”
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“The world is a better place when you smile.”
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“Our body is a sacred temple A place to connect with people. As we aren’t staying any younger We might as well keep it stronger.”
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“We may not stay quick, If we are weak or sage, but a lot can squeak As we start to age.”
“Holy Bible is a sacred book.”
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“It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life—if that territory really exists outside religious books and the minds of believers, that is. Having said that, given the choice, instead of being grilled until hell freezes over, the average sane human being would, needless to say, rather spend forever idling in an extremely fertile garden, next to a lamb or a chicken or a parrot, which they do not secretly want to eat, and a lion or a tiger or a crocodile, which does not secretly want to eat them.”
“The thought of Annie being gone was too much to bear. I swear I heard gasps from the girls as Abby released the words of her passing to the screen.”
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“Inside the scrawny adolescent was a soul that defied extinction.”
“L’oggetto del nostro amore ci presta il coraggio che manca alla vita quando si accontenta dell’immobilità tipica di chi non ama nulla. La causa del viaggio è sempre l’amore, nella vita come nella letteratura.”
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“Amare è solo una forma di “ri-conoscimento”, nella vita riconosciamo ciò che abbiamo già letto, o perché ci è stato narrato o perché quella narrazione ce l’abbiamo dentro di noi. Amore non è altro che riconoscenza, ci precede sempre, come le gemme precedono la primavera. Il primo sguardo non è altro che l’ultimo e il più compiuto, poi si tratta di esserne all’altezza con il passare del tempo.”