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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures Picture Quote #1

What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, and be alone on Earth, as I am now Picture Quote #1

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up Picture Quote #1

In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum Picture Quote #1

As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck basket Picture Quote #1

There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry Picture Quote #1

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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history Picture Quote #1

I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry Picture Quote #1

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism Picture Quote #1

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror Picture Quote #1

The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization Picture Quote #1

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850 Picture Quote #1

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When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified - only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do Picture Quote #1

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write one page, it writes three hundred Picture Quote #1

You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page by page into the fire. You just don't do that. You send it out. You have to send it out Picture Quote #1

It was very emotional, actually. In the front of the book I wrote something Anton Chekhov wrote to the woman he ended up spending the rest of his life with: Hello, the last page of my life. Which I thought was very appropriate Picture Quote #1

The hater of property and of government takes care to have his warranty deed recorded; and the book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title page Picture Quote #1

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty Picture Quote #1

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The space between the young readers eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril Picture Quote #1

While reason drew the plan, the heart inform'd the moral page and fancy lent it grace Picture Quote #1

Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page Picture Quote #1

One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn Picture Quote #1

Here we meet, on the page, naked and unadorned: shorn of class, race, gender, sexual identity, age and nationality Picture Quote #1

I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made fo figure things out, not to read the same page recurrently Picture Quote #1

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Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about? Picture Quote #1

A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more Picture Quote #1

Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out Picture Quote #1

I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it Picture Quote #1

Metaphysics is names about reality. Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu and no food Picture Quote #1

One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own Picture Quote #1

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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures (Page Quotes) What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from life's page, and be alone on Earth, as I am now (Page Quotes) I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up (Page Quotes) In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum (Page Quotes) As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck basket (Page Quotes) There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry (Page Quotes) No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history (Page Quotes) I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry (Page Quotes) What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism (Page Quotes) If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror (Page Quotes) The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization (Page Quotes) I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850 (Page Quotes) When I was in college, I was the editor of the literary magazine and insisted neither the editors nor the writers be specifically identified - only our student numbers appeared on the title page. I love that idea and still do (Page Quotes) Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write one page, it writes three hundred (Page Quotes) You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page by page into the fire. You just don't do that. You send it out. You have to send it out (Page Quotes) It was very emotional, actually. In the front of the book I wrote something Anton Chekhov wrote to the woman he ended up spending the rest of his life with: Hello, the last page of my life. Which I thought was very appropriate (Page Quotes) The hater of property and of government takes care to have his warranty deed recorded; and the book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title page (Page Quotes) For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty (Page Quotes) The space between the young readers eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril (Page Quotes) While reason drew the plan, the heart inform'd the moral page and fancy lent it grace (Page Quotes) Most people don't read editorial pages. I think I must have been 40 before I even looked at an editorial page (Page Quotes) One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn (Page Quotes) Here we meet, on the page, naked and unadorned: shorn of class, race, gender, sexual identity, age and nationality (Page Quotes) I want to keep walking away from the person I was a moment ago, because a mind was made fo figure things out, not to read the same page recurrently (Page Quotes) Every day you live is a page. Every year, a chapter. Your life, a book. What is it about? (Page Quotes) A year ago, I turned the final page of The Book of the Dead. I don't feel young any more (Page Quotes) Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out (Page Quotes) I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it (Page Quotes) Metaphysics is names about reality. Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu and no food (Page Quotes) One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own (Page Quotes)

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