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  • Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin, and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Children Quotes , Book Quotes
  • We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Work Quotes , Book Quotes
  • I'm still happy with the way Einstein's Dreams came out. That book came out of a single inspiration. I really felt like I was not creating the words, that I was hearing the words. That someone else was speaking the words to me and I was just writing them down. It was a very strange experience. That can happen with a short book. I don't think it could happen with a long book.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Lightman Quotes , Dream Quotes , Book Quotes
  • As I said in my last book, birds are mean. They're the only pet that, when they escape, the owners are relieved. You can tell a species is evil by doing this simple math. If my blond lab Molly was the size of T-Rex, that would just mean more kibble, more work for the gardener in the backyard, and a harder time moving her to my wife's side of the bed at night. If birds were the size of a T-Rex, the streets would be littered with human remains.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Carolla Quotes , Moving Quotes , Book Quotes
  • I've tried to reduce profanity but I reduced so much profanity when writing the book that I'm afraid not much could come out. Perhaps we will have to consider it simply as a profane book and hope that the next book will be less profane or perhaps more sacred.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Book Quotes , Writing Quotes
  • Do not accept anything simply because it has been said by your teacher, or because it has been written in your sacred books, or because it has been believed by many, or because it has been handed down by your ancestors. Accept and live only according to what will enable you to see truth face to face.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Teacher Quotes , Book Quotes
  • That partially due to the world of media and commerce, the idea of a comic book has been lost in the ghetto, whereas the graphic novel is now being held up as something to aspire to and as something that's respectable for adults to read.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adrian Tomine Quotes , Book Quotes , Ghetto Quotes