„I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.“

„But despite the fact that everyone thinks that I'm an IFP member, I do not have any political affiliations. I support Buthelezi the man because he makes me believe that heroes still exist.“

—  Jani Allan South African columnist and broadcaster 1952

Speaking in 1997 during an interview with The Independent about her political affiliations in South Africa http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970406/ai_n14117510
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„I think a good book is a good book forever.
I don't think they get less good because times change.“

—  Megan Whalen Turner American children's writer 1965

„a good book
can make an almost
impossible
existence,
liveable

( from 'the luck of the word' )“

—  Charles Bukowski, kniha Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories

Zdroj: Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories

„Call me a nerd if you like, but I do find it hard to leave home without my laptop and a good book.“

—  Moby Activist, American musician, DJ and photographer 1965

As quoted in "I lost my heart in... New York", in The Guardian (13 May 2005) http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2005/may/14/lostmyheart.guardiansaturdaytravelsection

„On the way downtown I stopped at a bar and had a couple of double Scotches. They didn't do me any good. All they did was make me think of Silver-Wig, and I never saw her again.“

—  Raymond Chandler, kniha The Big Sleep

Zdroj: The Big Sleep (1939), Chapter 32, Phillip Marlowe

„Books make me feel safe. Books make me feel normal.“

—  Gary Paulsen American writer and musher 1939

„Books do not age as you and I do. They will speak still when you and I are gone, to generations we will never see. Yes, the books must survive.“

—  Corrie ten Boom Dutch resistance hero and writer 1892 - 1983

Zdroj: The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

„I have now so many fundamental thoughts, so many really metaphysical things to say, that I suddenly get tired and decide not to write more, not to think more, but allow the fever of saying to make me sleepy, and fondle, with closed eyes, as if to a cat, all that I could have said.“

—  Fernando Pessoa, kniha The Book of Disquiet

Ibid., p. 56
The Book of Disquiet
Originál: Tenho neste momento tantos pensamentos fundamentais, tantas coisas verdadeiramente metafísicas para dizer, que me canso de repente, e decido não escrever mais, não pensar mais, mas deixar que a febre de dizer me dê sono, e eu faça festas, como a um gato, a tudo quanto poderia ter dito.

„He still didn't think I was good enough for you."

"No father thinks any man is good enough for his daughter.“

—  Nicholas Sparks, kniha The Longest Ride

Zdroj: The Longest Ride

„Sad stories make good books“

—  Khaled Hosseini, kniha The Kite Runner

Zdroj: The Kite Runner

„I cannot think that there exists more than one Sovereign Good.“

—  Paul Valéry French poet, essayist, and philosopher 1871 - 1945

Socrates, p. 81
Eupalinos ou l'architecte (1921)

„What to think of other people? I ask myself this question each time I make a new acquaintance. So strange does it seem to me that we exist, and that we consent to exist.“

—  Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

Drawn and Quartered (1983)

„Books think for me.“

—  Charles Lamb, Last Essays of Elia

Detached Thoughts on Books and Reading.
Last Essays of Elia (1833)

„I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.“

—  Louisa May Alcott American novelist 1832 - 1888

„You know, she often tells me that what I do is great. I don't think she ever thought I would end up doing this with my life. But I think she is happier that I haven't changed over the years, that I am still me, that I care about her and that we are the same as we always were. And I think that is what makes her most proud.“

—  Halle Berry American actress 1966

On Berry's relationship with her mother — reported in Hilary Morgan (May 14, 2006) "Stormy life of a leading lady - Cover Story", The Sun-Herald, p. 10.

„Books, I found, had the power to make time
stand still, retreat or fly into the future.“

—  Jim Bishop American journalist and author 1907 - 1987

„Recently somebody asked me if I’m still in touch with my feminine side. They ask me why did I do the Lux ad and things like that. I think there is a feminine side to me, as people like to assume.“

—  Shahrukh Khan Indian actor, producer and television personality 1965

From interview with Rajeev Masand

„I do not like books. I believe I have the smallest library of any literary man in London, and I have no wish to increase it. I keep my books at the British Museum and at Mudie's, and it makes me very angry if anyone gives me one for my private library.“

—  Samuel Butler novelist 1835 - 1902

Ramblings In Cheapside (1890)

„Steph thinks you can wear makeup and still find Narnia.
Well, so do I, but why make things harder?“

—  Pamela Dean author 1953

Juniper, Gentian, & Rosemary, Tor Books, 1998, Chapter 5, p. 56.