Anita Silvey famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.
Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.
When you find yourself on stage singing and you are embarrassed about what you are singing in front of your peers, then you have to think about your priorities.
Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.
Imagine the first time you are about to rap in a studio and you find yourself in a booth with Redman and KRS!

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