” Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” –Mark Twain
Thursday Quote: Frank Zappa
“So many books, so little time.” Frank Zappa
Thursday Quote: Francis Bacon
“Some book are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to…
Thursday Quote: George W. Bush
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.” George W. Bush
Thursday Quote: Napoleon Bonaparte
“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” Napoleon Bonaparte
Thursday Quote: Maya Angelou
“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just…
Thursday Quote: Cornelia Funke
“‘Isn’t it odd how much fatter a book gets when you’ve read it several times?’ Mo had said… ‘As if something were left between the pages every time you read it. Feelings, thoughts, sounds, smells… and then, when you look…
Thursday Quote: Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” Fran Lebowitz
Thursday Quote: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday Quote: Mark Twain
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” Mark Twain