If you've ever read one of those articles that asks notable people to list their favorite books, you may have been impressed or daunted to see them pick Proust or Thomas Mann or James Joyce. You might even feel sheepish about the fact that you reread Pride and Prejudice or The Lord of the Rings, or The Catcher in the Rye or Gone With the Wind every couple of years with some much pleasure. Perhaps, like me, you're even a little suspicious of their claims, because we all know that the books we've loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly - or the ones we'd most like other people to think we read over and over again.
Laura MillerIf we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly turn up very high on the list.
Laura MillerMots clés reading books ya lit
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.
Laura MillerAdventure,' then, is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit. Turning a difficult task or a perilous journey into an adventure is largely a matter of telling yourself the right story about it, which is one thing that Lewis's child characters have learned from reading, 'the right books.
Laura MillerMots clés reading books adventure lit
Bodies have their own light which they consume to live: they burn, they are not lit from the outside.
Egon SchieleMots clés light body lit burn bodies egon-schiele
Piper gave Lit a friendly sorry-about-that smile. Even with her hair messed up and wearing two-day-old clothes, she looked extremely cute, and Jason felt a little jealous she was giving Lit that smile.
Rick RiordanMots clés jason piper lit jason-grace piper-mclean
I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for watching movies
Sinclair LewisMots clés life movies quotes lessons restless lit arrowsmith
It is very easy to love alone.
Gertrude SteinMots clés literature quote lit gertrude-stein
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