The Quotable Book Lover B. YeatsEncompassing the many facets of books and the pleasures and puzzlements they afford, "The Quotable Book Lover" includes chapters on writing, reading, and bookbinding, among others.With its wide range of commentary, this compilation
| TITLE | : | The Quotable Book Lover |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.63 (305 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1558218823 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 256 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 1999-08-01 |
| GENRE | : |
This collection of over five hundred quotations captures the wisdom and wit of the most insightful things ever said about books, spoken and written by such distinct legendary figures asAeschylusErnest HemingwayJohn RuskinWoody AllenThomas JeffersonCharles ScribnerMaya AngelouFranz KafkaGeorge Bernard ShawJane AustenHelen KellerWallace StevensFrancis BaconMalcolm XRobert Penn WarrenRalph WaldoEmerson GrouchoMarx WilliamCarlos WilliamsWilliam FaulknerJohn MiltonOprah WinfreyRobert FrostGeorge OrwellW.B. YeatsEncompassing the many facets of books and the pleasures and puzzlements they afford, "The Quotable Book Lover" includes chapters on writing, reading, and bookbinding, among others.With its wide range of commentary, this compilation will surely entertain and enlighten bibliophiles of all types.
Editorial : The bibliophiles of the world are an erudite and witty bunch, especially the hundreds of quotable sages and wags whose bons mots are collected in this tribute to the written word. The authors of these insights, spanning centuries and continents, include Aeschylus and Lady Bird Johnson, Gustave Flaubert and Francis Bacon, Russell Baker and Isadora Duncan, Katharine Hepburn and Mark Twain, Pablo Picasso and Brad Pitt. The quotations offer witticisms as well as philosophical insights. Woody Allen quips, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." And Franz Kafka declares, "Books must be the axe to break the frozen sea inside me." Mark Twain reflects, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat." And Fran Lebowitz notes that "Magaz
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