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A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions.
A book may be compared to your neighbor...
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say
A library is a temple unabridged with priceless treasure...
A library is thought in cold storage
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it...
All my major works have been written in prison...
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics...
At times, our own light goes out, and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be sincere, be brief, be seated
Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant it tends to get worse.
Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
Books are the carriers of civilization
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home: but unlike charity, it should end there.
Chance favors only the prepared mind
Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today.
Choose an author as you would a friend
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.
Every good journalist has a novel in him - which is an excellent place for it.
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The Dutch House is my introduction to Ann Patchett, which, after reading it, surprises me. I had ...
The Fortunate Ones
by Ed Tarkington
An engrossing story of class, love, and loyalty for fans of Kevin Wilson's Nothing to See Here.
Reader ReviewsAt the Edge of the Haight
by Katherine Seligman
Winner of the 2019 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction.
Reader ReviewsIf we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves
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