American Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words american, book and/or award:

    It is always dangerous to generalise, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race and, but for the few cemeteries I have seen, I am inclined to think they never die.
    Margot Asquith (1864–1945)

    We criticize a man or a book most sharply when we sketch out their ideal.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.
    Robert Graves (1895–1985)