"...our morning eyes describe a different world than do our afternoon eyes, and surely our wearied evening eyes can report only a weary evening world."

John Steinbeck Travels With Charley (pg 70)

"Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book."

--Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

"First time is funny,

Second time is just silly,

Third time's a spanking."

the grandmother in kira-kira by Cynthia Kadohata

I don't think I have the quote exactly right, but close enough.

"A member of Ku Klux Klan doesn’t need a frying pan upside the head! He needs an Al Green record and some good books."

Henry Rollins

"If he [/she; an author] invites you to go flying with him, the very least he can do is to build a strong pair of wings."


Patricia Wrightson, author

"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes."


~Erasmus



cribbed from http://tickettoanywhere.blogspot.com/ -- thanks!

"...Then they came for the Socialists, but I was not a Socialist, so I didn't respond. Then they came for the Jews and since I was not a Jew, I didn't respond. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me."


quoted in The Freedom Writers Diary

"Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all."


Henry David Thoreau

found on "Bookish Kitty"

"No warrior scolds. Courteous words or else hard knocks are his only language."


King Tirian in The Last Battle
C.S. Lewis

"The man who does not read good books is no better
than the man who can't."

— Mark Twain


"To learn to read is to light a fire;
every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."

— Victor Hugo, Les Miserables



thank you!

" 'Thou shalt not' is soon forgotten, but 'Once upon a time' lasts forever. "



Philip Pullman

who seems to get quoted/mis-quoted a lot these days...

“Great literature should make us squirm, question, debate, complain, and celebrate—its ability to evoke thoughtful or emotional responses is what makes it great. Like fire, it can illuminate, burn, and even pave the way for new growth.”


~~Bonnie Katzive

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not. "


Epistolae Morale
Lucius Annaeus SENECA
3 B.C.-65 A.D