Talisman Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 (edited) I was inspired to start this after reading the thread about quotes on books. Can't remember where I got most of these from now, but I am sure there are many more ... In the same way that a woman becomes a prostitute. First I did it to please myself, then I did it to please my friends, and finally I did it for money. Ferenc Molnar ...after asked about how he became a writer Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to those who are not yet born. Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English Essayist Books are the quietest and most constant friends, they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors and the most patient of teachers. Charles W Elliot, 1834-1926, American Educator We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become. Ursula LeGuin, b 1929, American sci fi writer All that mankind has done, thought or been is lying in magic preserved in the pages of books. Thomas Carlyle, 1785-1881, Scottish Essayist, Historian and Philosopher Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. George Simenon, 1903-89, Belgian novelist The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt. Calvin Yrillin. Edited April 15, 2009 by Talisman Quote
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