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Pilgrim’s Progress, about a man that left his family, it didn’t say why. I read considerable in it now and then. The statements was interesting, but tough.
Mark Twain1835–1910Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), Chapter XVIIIn context
- Comedy
Me, poor man, my library
Was dukedom large enough
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Tempest (c. 1611), Act I, Scene II, spoken by ProsperoIn context
I’ll burn my books!
Christopher Marlowe1564–1593Doctor Faustus (c. 1592), spoken by FaustusIn context
- Knowledge
How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), ReadingIn context
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star’d at the Pacific⁠—and all his men
Look’d at each other with a wild surmise⁠—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
John Keats1795–1821On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer (1816)In context
- Knowledge
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
Edgar Allan Poe1809–1849The Raven (1845)In context
Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
John Keats1795–1821On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer (1816)In context
- Poetry
Why didn’t you tell me there was danger in men-folk? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to fend hands against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance o’ learning in that way, and you did not help me!
Thomas Hardy1840–1928Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), Phase the Second: Maiden No More, Chapter XIIIn context
- Men
Such a book as Robinson Crusoe never was written, and never will be written again. I have tried that book for years⁠—generally in combination with a pipe of tobacco⁠—and I have found it my friend in need in all the necessities of this mortal life. When my spirits are bad⁠—Robinson Crusoe. When I want advice⁠—Robinson Crusoe.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter IIn context
- Comedy
No story lives unless someone wants to listen.
The stories we love best do live in us forever. So, whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
J. K. Rowlingborn 1965Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 London Premiere (July 2011)
- Writing
I am not well read, but when I do read, I read well.
KCKurt Cobain1967–1994Journals (2002)
- Comedy