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Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
Nine books have been written about me, and there's not a word of truth in any of them.
Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art.
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.
The history books will remember the Chinese doctors who sounded the alarm about COVID-19.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.
My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.
Two of my favourite books are Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' and 'Tropic of Capricorn.'
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.
Everyone knows robots write the best books and make the best music. Just look at Daft Punk.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor.
I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30.
But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.
It's good that I've put out different books apart from 'After' - and before the film comes out.
I'm a huge fan of 'The Vampire Chronicles,' both the Neil Jordan film and the books themselves.
The people who read the history books tend to have a natural zeal and are alarmingly well-read.
Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
To me, reading a fashion magazine is the last thing I need to do. I've got books I need to read.
I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard.
A well-run, well-stocked library with access to great books as well as the Internet is essential.
I believe in the power of ideas, I believe in the power of books, but you have to give them time.
My attitudes have changed, but somebody would have to read all my books to find out how they have.
I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books.
A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
Finding new books to read and relaxing is what I enjoy when I do have some time to spend on my own.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
I try hard and aim big. People can hate or love my books but they can never accuse me of not trying.
Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.
Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books!
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
I write my books in my head, and not in a specific study with a view. The view is from my inner eyes.
Most states in the union where the death penalty is theoretically on the books don't have executions.