Posts Tagged: quotes
Michael Ende on why Bastian stole the Neverending Story
“If you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting the world around you over a book, forgetting cold and hunger — If you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting
Michael Ende on why Bastian stole the Neverending Story
“If you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting the world around you over a book, forgetting cold and hunger — If you have never spent whole afternoons with burning ears and rumpled hair, forgetting
Henry Ward Beecher on words
“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.” ― Henry Ward Beecher
Susan Sontag on Books
Books are funny little portable pieces of thought. – Susan Sontag
Alice Walker on connecting heart to heart
Storytelling is how we survive, when there’s no feed, the story feeds something, it feeds the spirit, the imagination. I can’t imagine life without stories, stories from my parents, my culture. Stories from other people’s parents, their culture. That’s how
Alice Walker on connecting heart to heart
Storytelling is how we survive, when there’s no feed, the story feeds something, it feeds the spirit, the imagination. I can’t imagine life without stories, stories from my parents, my culture. Stories from other people’s parents, their culture. That’s how
Ali Smith on hearing a book
‘You know when you hear a piece of music once, you haven’t heard it properly, you want to hear it again. A well-made book will reward you in exactly the same way as music does, in that you will understand
Ali Smith on hearing a book
‘You know when you hear a piece of music once, you haven’t heard it properly, you want to hear it again. A well-made book will reward you in exactly the same way as music does, in that you will understand
Anatole Broyard
“The contents of someone’s bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.” – Anatole Broyard (This makes me glad that I am a compulsive book buyer – imagine if you didn’t have a bookcase in your house,
Anatole Broyard
“The contents of someone’s bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.” – Anatole Broyard (This makes me glad that I am a compulsive book buyer – imagine if you didn’t have a bookcase in your house,
Neil Gaiman on beating dragons
‘Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.’ – Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman on beating dragons
‘Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.’ – Neil Gaiman
On journeys through books
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson is without a doubt one of my favourite books. It was rereleased recently in Australia, and I cannot tell you how many times I recommended the book to parents wanting to buy
On journeys through books
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson is without a doubt one of my favourite books. It was rereleased recently in Australia, and I cannot tell you how many times I recommended the book to parents wanting to buy
On children’s books telling us about life
As you can no doubt tell from my blog, I love children’s books, and I love quotes. So you can tell how much I liked this list of quotes from children’s books, which I stumbled on through the magic of
On children’s books telling us about life
As you can no doubt tell from my blog, I love children’s books, and I love quotes. So you can tell how much I liked this list of quotes from children’s books, which I stumbled on through the magic of
Jane Yolen on changing lives
Children’s books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become. – Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen on changing lives
Children’s books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become. – Jane Yolen
1001 Children's Books 