Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how theyre made, they never seem quite as sacred again. – Lev Grossman
Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening. – Walter Pater
Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obamas new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region. – Ahmet Davutoglu
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice. – Anthony Hecht
One cannot celebrate books sufficiently. After saying his best, still something better remains to be spoken in their praise. – A. Bronson Alcott, “Books,” June 1869
