All books are divisible into two
classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time - John Ruskin
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Quotes on Thinking-12: Friedrich Nietzsche
All truly great thoughts are
conceived while walking - Friedrich Nietzsche
Quotes on Reading-20: Marcel Proust
There are perhaps no days of our
childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book - Marcel
Proust
Quotes on Writing-10: Benjamin Franklin
Either write something worth reading
or do something worth writing - Benjamin Franklin
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Book News-35: RICHARD FLANAGAN WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE
AUSTRALIAN WRITER RICHARD FLANAGAN
WINS MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR HIS NOVEL, THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH.
It is a novel based on the experience
of Flanagan’s father, who was a prisoner of war in WWII. Flanagan has been awarded 50,000 Pounds Sterling. This is Flanagan’s sixth novel.
Courtesy: The Times of India,
Chennai, Oct 16, 2014, page 16.
Quotes on Books-42: G K Chesterton
Are fairy tales true or false? Fairy
Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but
because they tell us that dragons can be beaten - G K Chesterton
Quotes on Thinking-11: Agatha Christie
“Poirot," I said. "I have
been thinking."
"An admirable exercise my
friend. Continue it.”
- Agatha Christie, Peril at End House
Quotes on Reading-19: Angela Carter
Reading a book is like re-writing it
for yourself - Angela Carter
Quotes on Writing-9: Linda Radke
Write from the heart. A book without
a pulse is like a person without a spirit - Linda Radke
Monday, February 9, 2015
Quotes on Books-41: Louisa May Alcott
Some
books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again – Louisa May
Alcott
Quotes on Thinking-10: Horace Walpole
The world is a tragedy to those who
feel, but a comedy to those who think - Horace Walpole
Quotes on Reading-18: Kenko Yoshida
To sit
alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate
converse with men of unseen generations – such is a pleasure beyond compare –
Kenko Yoshida
Quotes on Writing-8: Anne Lamott
Writing has so much to give, so much
to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do - the
actual act of writing - turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering
that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you
really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own
reward - Anne Lamott
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