A book without an index is like a mind without a memory

Quote by Jeffrey D Wilhelm

Topics: Books Quotes, Literature Quotes, Reading Quotes

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle...

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored,...

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

Reading history is good for all of us, he says, not surprisingly, perhaps, but his...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone...

The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...

Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and...