A good
book is the very essence of a good man. His virtues
survive in it, while the foibles and faults of his
actual life are forgotten. All the goodly company of
the excellent and great sit around my table, or look
down on me from yonder shelves, waiting patiently to
answer my questions and enrich me with their wisdom.
A precious book is a foretaste of immortality.
-- Theodore L. Cuyler
1822-1909, American
Pastor, Author
The
great American novel has not only already been
written, it has already been rejected.
-- Frank Dane
Next,
in importance to books are their titles.
-- Paul Davies
1946-, British
Physicist, Popularizer of Science
If I
had my way books would not be written in English,
but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that
only skilled professional readers and story-tellers
could interpret. Then people like you would have to
go to public halls and pay good prices to hear the
professionals decode and read the books aloud for
you. This plan would have the advantage of scaring
off all amateur authors, retired politicians,
country doctors and I-Married-a-Midget writers who
would not have the patience to learn the secret
language.
-- Robertson Davies
1913-, Canadian
Novelist, Journalist
