Book Titles Quotes

• There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...

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  Walt Disney

  Inspirational   Life   Book  

  "Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time". Book by Laurence J. Peter, 1977.

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• The only real reason for self-referencing is the fun factor. It's fun for the writer, getting little peeks at what old characters might be up to. And it's fun for readers to spot a familiar face, or pick up on a made-up book title or something from an earlier story. I don't know that it does -- or even should -- contribute to the story in hand being any better than it would have been without it.

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  Charles de Lint

  Fun   Real   Book  

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• First, a few words about this title. It isn't easy, coming up with book titles. A lot of the really good ones are taken. Thin Thighs in 30 Days, for example. Also The Bible.

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  Dave Barry

  Funny   Book   Taken  

  Dave Barry (2009). “Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus”, p.11, Ballantine Books

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• Carlton Mellick III has the craziest book titles and the kinkiest fans!

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  Christopher Moore

  Book   Titles   Fans  

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• I think Hemingway's [book] titles should be awarded first prize in any contest. Each of them is a poem, and their mysterious power over readers contributes to Hemingway's success. His titles have a life of their own, and they have enriched the American vocabulary.

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  Sylvia Beach

  Book   Thinking   Vocabulary  

  Sylvia Beach (1991). “Shakespeare and Company”, p.83, U of Nebraska Press

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• I don't believe any of you have ever read Paradise Lost, and you don't want to. That's something that you just want to take on trust. It's a classic ... something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

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  Mark Twain

  Trust   Believe   Book  

  1900 Speech on'The Disappearance of Literature' at the Nineteenth Century Club, 20 Nov. Quoted in Albert Bigelow Paine (ed) MarkTwain's Speeches (1910).

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• Hope lies in what the book title says, finding love and community.

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  Hazel Rochman

  Lying   Book   Community  

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