"A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the
reader and from the
reader the writer learns."
View quotes by P L TraversEvery
reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the
reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself.
View quotes by Marcel ProustUnder this stone,
Reader, survey
Dead Sir John Vanbrugh's house of clay.
Lie heavy on him, Earth! for he
Laid many heavy loads on thee!
(Epitaph to Sir John Vanbrugh)
View quotes by Abel EvansReader, I married him.
View quotes by Charlotte BronteA memorandum is written not to inform the
reader but to protect the writer.
View quotes by Dean AchesonI am not a speed
reader. I am a speed understander.
View quotes by Isaac AsimovToo much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive
reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard.
View quotes by Robertson DaviesHardly a book of human worth, be it heaven's own secret, is honestly placed before the
reader; it is either shunned, given a Periclean funeral oration in a hundred and fifty words, or interred in the potter's field of the newspapers back pages.
View quotes by Edward DahlbergIf a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the
reader!
View quotes by William Makepeace ThackerayThe great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good
reader is necessary.
View quotes by Henry MillerOne must be a wise
reader to quote wisely and well.
View quotes by Amos Bronson AlcottThe profit of books is according to the sensibility of the
reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
View quotes by Ralph Waldo EmersonThe resultant tales from life are stirring
reader interest, survivor passions and unease among Britons.
View quotes by Francis X ClinesGentle
reader: Yes, the thing to do is to ignore it. A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable
View quotes by Judith MartinIs it hard for the
reader to believe that suicides are sometimes committed to forestall the committing of murder? There is no doubt of it. Nor is there any doubt that murder is sometimes committed to avert suicide.
View quotes by Karl MenningerToo many ads that try not to go over the
reader's head end up beneath his notice.
View quotes by Leo BurnettToday a
reader, tomorrow a leader.
View quotes by Margaret FullerGentle
reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river.
View quotes by Frederick MarryatI am about to write a very curious history, as the
reader will agree with me when he has read this book. We have more than one narrative of people being cast away upon desolate islands, and being left to their own resources, and no works are perhaps read with more interest; but I believe I am the first instance of a boy being left alone upon an uninhabited island. Such was, however, the case; and now I shall tell my own story
View quotes by Frederick MarryatEvery
reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
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