“Life is too short to read a bad book.”

— James Joyce

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Irish novelist and poet 1882–1941

Leo Strauss (1899–1973) Classical philosophy specialist and father of neoconservativism

“What is liberal education,” p. 6
Liberalism Ancient and Modern (1968)

Jayne Ann Krentz (1948) American novelist

Source: Running Hot

Don Johnson (1949) American actor and singer

Cigar Aficionado: Life After Miami Vice http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,182,00.html

Annie Barrows book The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Source: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director

From the fourth book, "The Book of Impotence"
The Pillow Book

Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind

Source: The Shadow of the Wind

Philip Pullman (1946) English author

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

http://www.last.fm/user/helena_wanje.

Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility

Variant: [I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.
Source: Sense and Sensibility

Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer

Apparently an invention by Maurice Sachs; see discussion in Quotes about Proust.
Misattributed

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