Famous quotes containing the word books:
“With a few exceptions, the critics of childrens books are remarkably lenient souls.... Most of us assume there is something good in every child; the critics go from this to assume there is something good in every book written for a child. It is not a sound theory.”
—Katharine S. White (18921977)
“One of the most attractive of those ancient books that I have met with is The Laws of Menu.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy;
The books that people talk about we never can recall;
And the books that people give us, oh, theyre the worst of all.”
—Carolyn Wells (18701942)
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