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Page Quotes

You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous and tyrannical; the page is made of time and matter; the page always wins Picture Quote #1

I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams Picture Quote #1

As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom of every page, I’d put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn’t actually know how to write Picture Quote #1

People might be surprised to know how much I throw away. For every page I publish, I throw 10 pages away Picture Quote #1

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire Picture Quote #1

I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite Picture Quote #1

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He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin Picture Quote #1

Stories never really end... even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page Picture Quote #1

A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader’s. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it Picture Quote #1

When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate Picture Quote #1

Were we, also, hiking along some cosmic journal page? Were the events about us all part of a message we could understand, if only we found the right perspective from which to read them? Somehow, with our long series of miracles, I thought so Picture Quote #1

The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words Picture Quote #1

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I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don’t budge though armies cross them Picture Quote #1

The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper Picture Quote #1

There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love Picture Quote #1

The truth isn’t easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find Picture Quote #1

All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be argued, but its release has become a functional necessity Picture Quote #1

Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is Picture Quote #1

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She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy Picture Quote #1

Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren’t prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets Picture Quote #1

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page Picture Quote #1

When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side Picture Quote #1

Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear Picture Quote #1

Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us? Picture Quote #1

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America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama’s four-year experiment in big government Picture Quote #1

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head Picture Quote #1

Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read Picture Quote #1

I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may Picture Quote #1

I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page Picture Quote #1

It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by page but couldn’t be torn if the pages all held together Picture Quote #1

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You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous and tyrannical; the page is made of time and matter; the page always wins (Page Quotes) I don’t know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it’s true. We aren’t satisfied with the secrets exposed on the surface of the page: we turn the book around to find the seams (Page Quotes) As a child. I grew up on a small farm, so I did a lot of drawings of animals, chickens and people. At the bottom of every page, I’d put a strange scribble. I was emulating adult handwriting, though I didn’t actually know how to write (Page Quotes) People might be surprised to know how much I throw away. For every page I publish, I throw 10 pages away (Page Quotes) We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire (Page Quotes) I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite (Page Quotes) He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin (Page Quotes) Stories never really end... even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page (Page Quotes) A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader’s. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it (Page Quotes) When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate (Page Quotes) Were we, also, hiking along some cosmic journal page? Were the events about us all part of a message we could understand, if only we found the right perspective from which to read them? Somehow, with our long series of miracles, I thought so (Page Quotes) The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words (Page Quotes) I like books whose virtue is all drawn together in a page or two. I like sentences that don’t budge though armies cross them (Page Quotes) The book smelled dusty and old but also carried a sweet tang, a hint of something inviting. She opened to the first page and started to read, pronouncing the words in a reverent whisper (Page Quotes) There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love (Page Quotes) The truth isn’t easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find (Page Quotes) All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be argued, but its release has become a functional necessity (Page Quotes) Like a word on a page that you’ve printed and read a million times, that suddenly looks strange or wrong, foreign. And you feel scared for a second, like you’ve lost something, even if you’re not sure what it is (Page Quotes) She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy (Page Quotes) Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren’t prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets (Page Quotes) An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page (Page Quotes) When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side (Page Quotes) Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear (Page Quotes) Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us? (Page Quotes) America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama’s four-year experiment in big government (Page Quotes) He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head (Page Quotes) Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read (Page Quotes) I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may (Page Quotes) I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page (Page Quotes) It felt good to be surrounded by books, by all this solid knowledge, by these objects that could be ripped page by page but couldn’t be torn if the pages all held together (Page Quotes)

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