The sword is more truthful than books,
its edge marks the divide between earnestness and jest.
Books Quotes
Samuel Johnson is on this page more than once for good reason. In The Rambler (1750) he wrote that no place gives a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. Boswell (1791) has him saying that a man ought to read just as inclination leads him, because what he reads as a task will do him little good. Alberto Manguel, Emerson and Northrop Frye are among the most-quoted writers here, which is what you would expect from people who spent their working lives reading.
Two entries are flagged as misattributed. The quip about a manuscript that is both good and original, with the good parts not original and the original parts not good, is credited to Johnson. “Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book!” is credited to General Patton.
"African literature continues to thrive because it is rooted in stories that refuse to die."
I will try to ensure that any future book is open access so free to download.
No book exists, however bad,
From which some good may not be had.
Literature is an effective pain killer, dependable companion in times of need.
In writing a book, the last thing that one learns is to know what to put first.
To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life.
It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.