Sofia Samatar book A Stranger in Olondria
Source: A Stranger in Olondria (2013), Chapter 8, “The Tower of Myrrh” (p. 92)
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“The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Man of Letters
Source: On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
“Books are for nothing but to inspire”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
“The Sophist demonstrates that everything is true and nothing is true.”
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: 1840s, On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates (1841), p. 205
“Books may well be the only true magic.”
Alice Hoffman (1952) Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer
“Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true.”
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
“There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.”
Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) writer
Source: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
“Tis pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print;
A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.”
George Gordon Byron English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (1809), Line 51.