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Book Quotes - Page 39

The bookis a distant relative of the truth, and the film is a distant relative of the book.

"Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street: animal rights group calls for boycott" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2013.

Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.

"Chris Klein, 'American Reunion' Star, On Being Left Out Of 'American Wedding' And Life After His 'Mamma Mia' Audition". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2012.

The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.

"About Books, Recoiling, Rereading, Retelling". New York Times, February 22, 1987.

Learning without wisdom is a load of books on a donkey's back.

Zora Neale Hurston (1939). “Moses: Man of the Mountain”

I don’t like to be alone, but I do cherish the moments that I’m alone with a good book.

"Conversation With My Hero: Broadcaster Vin Scully". Interview with Michael Connelly, parade.com. October 18, 2009.

Will you lie to me and promise to read them? Books need to be read. The pages need to be turned.

Sue Townsend (2012). “The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year”, p.93, Penguin UK

When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.

"Beyond cuts: the many roles of a writer's editor" by Nell Frizzell, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2014.

Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.

Richard De Bury (2006). “The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of R”, p.94, Cosimo, Inc.