Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound, a sentence or happening that does not pass away... but quite inexplicably lodges in the mind.

Quote by Rumer Godden

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If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

The stitch of a book is its words.

The stitch of a book is its words.

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written....

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written....

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.

The motto was Pax, but the word was set in a circle of thorns.