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I saw a man clothed with rags ... a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. — John Bunyan

My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people. — Colleen McCullough

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. — Ray Bradbury

Great men are the inspired texts of that divine Book of Revelations, whereof a chapter is completed from epoch to epoch, and by some named History. — Thomas Carlyle

The Leftovers is a great basketball book that shines a light on what true competitors can overcome with a solid work ethic. — Tony Romo

Be skeptical about this one. It's a great book. But try to be a filter, not a sponge. — Stephen Chbosky

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times. — Anatole Broyard

The story in that book of yours comes down to a sudden slipup caused by two great vices: women and laziness. — Kamel Daoud

The book of Job does not set out to answer the problem of suffering, but to proclaim a God so great that no answer is needed. — Billy Graham

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in. — Harvey Pekar

I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my book. — Emily Gould

The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff. — Mary Roach

I read a book a week, man. And I don't have a great memory, but I have a good memory about what I read. — Junot Diaz

All great changes in life were inspired either by a book or by a personal point of view. The greatest were inspired by a woman. — Sameh Elsayed

In camp was found a book, the first of the kind I had ever seen, in which I was made a great hero, slaying Indians by the hundreds. — Kit Carson

A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A great book is a thing of mystery and beauty; it has the power to move you. — Neil Leckman

Great books make a great life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend. — Moliere

Being influential is not the mark of a great book. — Mortimer Adler

I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it! — Ace Frehley

That little touch is not in the books, but I wish it had been in the books because it was a great addition. — George R R Martin

Books are a triviality. Life alone is great. — Thomas Carlyle

Sometimes I get jealous when I'm reading a great book by a younger writer. But 'White Tiger' is so good, I almost forgot to hate Aravind Adiga. — David Benioff

It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt. — Stephen Chbosky

A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a story are better than any drugs. — Wentworth Miller

'Undertones of War' by Edmund Blunden seems to get less attention than the memoirs of Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, but it is a great book. — Pat Barker

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. — G.K. Chesterton

When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children — L. Frank Baum

Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it. — Bill Vaughan

CUSTOMER:Will you be open so I can buy the new Harry Potter book?
BOOKSELLER: Yep, we're having a midnight opening.
CUSTOMER: Great! What time? — Jen Campbell

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar. — Malcolm Bradbury

A great book feeds our soul and nourishes our spirit in a way nothing else can. — C.S. Lakin

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is. — Natalie Goldberg

So great a contribution to physics was Two New Sciences that scholars have long maintained that the book anticipated Isaac Newton's laws of motion. — Stephen Hawking

If your great-great-great-grandfather wanted to read his book after dark, some poor soul had to crawl around in a whale's head for an afternoon. — Steven Johnson

The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning. — Matthew Henry

There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point? — Neil Jordan

A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man. — Benjamin Disraeli

No one writes a great book every time out, or even a good book. — Stewart O'Nan

A crow, who had flown away with a cheese from a dairy window, sate perched on a tree looking down at a great big frog in a pool underneath him. — William Makepeace Thackeray

A great book is like great evil. — Callimachus

Recognize the evidence through which the world speaks to us like a great book ... — Umberto Eco

A great large book is a great evil. — Joseph Addison

This is what made a book great, she thought, that you could read it over and over and never get tired of it. — Jeanne Birdsall

It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement. — Ray Bradbury

Why be so bloody miserable when you can pick up a good book or watch a great television drama? — Michael Dobbs

A great book remains eternally in one's memory as today's legend. — Mayi Ngwala

A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. — Richard Flanagan

Then would you read a Sustaining Book, such as would help and comfort a Wedged Bear in Great Tightness. — A.A. Milne

Many believers get together to discuss a great book and mistakenly call it Bible study. That is, in fact, a book club with a spiritual theme. — Jen Hatmaker

Isabel Wilkerson's book is a masterful narrative of the rich wisdom and deep courage of a great people. Don't miss it! — Cornel West

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book. — Matthew Vaughn

Fitzgerald has charm. It's a silly word, but it's an exact word for me. I like 'The Great Gatsby' and it's sad, gay nostalgia. — Truman Capote

On the surface, 'Book of Mormon' is extremely irreverent, but underneath, there's a great sweetness and a very positive message. — Stephen Schwartz

Great books are written from a sense that there is nothing to lose. — Matthew Specktor

And I know there has never been a human being or a television show, no matter how great, that could measure up to a great book. But — Sherman Alexie

He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the Dead (i.e. books). — George Herbert

I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet ... — Leni Riefenstahl

You can cover a great deal of Countries in books. — Andrew Long

Never judge a book by it's cover, the cover is great but the words are even greater. — Ms. Venom

You don't know when you are immersed in a book what the reaction to it will be, but I feel great about 'The Lake of Dreams.' — Kim Edwards

Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original. — Carl Hiaasen

Let us read thoughtfully; this is a great secret in the right use of books. — George Gilfillan

You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time. — William Landay

He stood a few meters from the step and spoke with great conviction, great joy.
"Alles ist Scheisse," he announced.
All is shit. — Markus Zusak

I have a great book. It's called Stantasyland. Except I don't have the money to buy a million copies to put it on the bestsellers list. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Groucho Marx This is not a book that should be set aside lightly - it should be flung with great force. — Groucho Marx

Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier. — Amanda Hocking

I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss. — Michael Cunningham

I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon. — Ezra Taft Benson

Cooking is great, love is grand, but souffles fall and lovers come and go. But you can always depend on a book! — Claudia Christian

What you don't know would make a great book. — Sydney Smith

All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape. — Blind Melon

A book may be as great a thing as a battle. — Benjamin Disraeli

The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of Job because all life is a riddle. — G.K. Chesterton

A great book increases my heartbeat as if I'm prey, melts my insides in anticipation of a first kiss, immerses me in its depths. — Carmen DeSousa

The function of a great library is to store obscure books. — Nicholson Baker

Many hidden truths are often unobserved, not invisible. — Matthew A. Petti

There's a great book about that, "The Breaking Point" by Stephen Koch . It won't improve your opinion of [Ernest] Hemingway. — George Packer

One great book can change the perspective and understanding of a whole nation — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.' — John Bolton

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination. — Louis L'Amour

Indolence had a great part in his temperament; a book, a sunny corner, and entire tranquillity, formed his ideal of supportable existence. — George Gissing

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand. — Stephen Hawking

If you're 25 years old dressed up like Superman at a comic book convention, that's great. If you're 78 and you're doing it, something's wrong. — Billy Bob Thornton

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things. — Joseph Joubert

I can't go into Oklahoma without thinking about Larry Clark's photography book 'Tulsa.' It's a great book about how life works. — Buzz Osborne

A great library cannot be constructed; it is the growth of ages. — John Hill Burton

A great writer is a great writer ... Tolstoy was not a woman, but 'Anna Karenina' is still a pretty good book. — Phil Klay

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Mysteries are the evidence to errors in our religious and historical precepts. — Matthew A. Petti

'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit. — Henry Rollins

Grammar and ordinary language are bad guides to metaphysics. A great book might be written showing the influence of syntax on philosophy. — Bertrand Russell

Life is a Book. Make it a Great Ending.

We all have flaws, so why would life be flawless.

Progress to Success!! — Ki Allen

In my opinion, what makes a great book is something that is universally specific. — Anne Hathaway

Two must-haves for me are a great book and my iPod. — Kelly Clarkson

If this book is a thriller, it's also a requiem, the story of the last days of a great figure and the end of his movement. — Hampton Sides

The name of a great writer is usually bigger than the title of his book. Both literally and figuratively. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Discovery a good book is like finding a great treasure. — Lailah Gifty Akita