All Quotes By Tag: Books
“Here’s what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the first sentence: I want everything and nothing less, the full measure of a writer’s heart. I want a novel so poetic that I do not have to turn to the standby anthologies of poetry to satisfy that itch for music, for perfection and economy of phrasing, for exactness of tone. Then, too, I want a book so filled with story and character that I read page after page without thinking of food or drink because a writer has possessed me, crazed with an unappeasable thirst to know what happens next.”
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“[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
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“Get off! Get off me, ‘Felix sobbed, sounding like a little kid. Marco kicked at the sickos, slashing with his knife. It was no good, though— there were just too many of them — and he himself toppled over, landing on his friend and smothering him.‘It’s all right Felix, ‘he said. ‘I’m with you. It’s all right. You’re not alone. ‘He felt for Felix’s hand held it tight, as more gym bunnies blocked out the light, swamping them.”
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“Are you by yourself, darling? I can’t bear the thought of you dying alone.No, mum, I’m with my friend. I’m with Courtney…Courtney…He called out her name. ‘Courtney,’ he said. ‘I’m sorry…’But Courtney was already dead.”
“Everyone’s got someplace to be. Finding God is not on the schedule. – The sun is also a star”
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“But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think; ’T is strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that’s his.”
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“Writers seldom choose as friends those self-centered characters who are never in trouble, never make mistakes, and always count their change as it is handed to them.”
“The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It’s the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals”
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“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because when I write, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone, I am just expressing myself and my opinions. It’s ok if my opinions are different from those of the reader, each of us can have his own opinions. So writing is like talking, if you are afraid of writing, you may end up being afraid of talking”
“The Leader who is successful does not impress anyone with stories he should inspire others with his integrity of choices.”
“La sua logica è straordinariamente lucida e fredda e invariabilmente lo porta fuori strada. Ma all’improvviso interviene la poesia in lui a riportarlo in carreggiata.”
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“We know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping? – A Zen Kōan”
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“Le raccontai tutta la mia vita, non quella passata ma quella che avrei vissuto in futuro.”
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“Ognuno aveva un amico in ogni pezzetto di nuvola così è infatti con gli amici dove il mondo è pieno di terrore anche mia madre diceva è del tutto normale non mettere in discussione gli amici pensa a cose più serie.”
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