Judy Blume
Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear....
Tag: books
Jeff Kinney
I’m not really sure what makes a book a ‘classic’ to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end....
Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Death in a Tenured Position
Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort....
Kasie West, Pivot Point
My bookcase is all yours.”I walked to the door. “I’ve just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world....
Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on....
Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension
It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn’t want to move around very much....
Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them. He was not unusual in this. In order to maintain his cover as a typical second-hand...
Lemony Snicket, The Miserable Mill
They’re book addicts....
Italo Calvino, If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
Sections in the bookstore- Books You Haven’t Read- Books You Needn’t Read- Books Made for Purposes Other Than Reading- Books Read Even Before You Open Them Since They Belong to the Category of Books Read Before Being Written- Books That If...
Carolyn G. Heilbrun
A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar....
