books

"It must essentially remain a novel of adolescence written by a retarded adolescent."

"The more books you read, the more stupid you become."

"It's a forced disappearance...All those who have disappeared are related to the Causeway Bay bookshop and this bookshop was famous, not only for the sale, but also for the publication and circulation …"

"After careful research along these lines, I came to the annoying conclusion that Keynes had been 100 percent right in the 1930s. Previously, I had thought the opposite. But facts were facts and there …"

"F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary pages—at the University of South Carolina"

"In one book, your father is a hero. In another book, he is a monster. The men who don’t have books written about them have it easier."

"The poems of Emily Dickinson read aloud in RealAudio"

"It doesn’t matter that your painting is small. Kopecks are also small, but when a lot are put together they make a ruble. Each painting displayed in a gallery and each good book that makes it into a l…"

"“...Nanoscale Communication Networks is a very good and valuable book."

"A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading."

"Journalism never did a great job of covering government, but 40% of journalism jobs in this country have disappeared since 2000. ...s a result of that the agencies aren't being covered at all. The ele…"

"I put my books in a bag because I don't care anymore if people in the subway look at me admiringly. I can't hold on to a girl, I can't keep an office job, I make a fool of myself in my first literatur…"

"Varro: De Lingua Latina , Books V-VII in Latin and English"

"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt lik…"

"This is a common criticism: the idea that the atheist is guilty of a literalist reading of scripture, and that it’s a very naive way of approaching religion, and there’s a far more sophisticated and n…"

"If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the Constitution of the United States in English and write their names and to all persons of color who own real estate v…"

"If then I am addressing one of that numerous class, who read to be told what to think, let me advise you to meddle with the book no further. You wish to buy a house ready furnished: do not come to loo…"

"The Valley Of The Flame Complete book : Arthur's Classic Novels"

"Anxiety, the next gumption trap, is sort of the opposite of ego. You're so sure you'll do everything wrong you're afraid to do anything at all. Often this, rather than "laziness," is the real reason y…"

"There are few sights sadder than a ruined book. -Lemony Snicket"