Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists.

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The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an...

The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an...

It will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in...

It will never be mistaken for a high school gymnasium or a meeting room in...

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.

The more disastrous the mishaps the simpler the reviewing task.

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of...

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of...

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long...

It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long...

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors.

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant,...

When her name is mentioned in the opera history books we will recall that vibrant,...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her...

Her books were put down by most critics but readers would not put down her...

Make your books your companions.

Make your books your companions.

Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature...

Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature...

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...

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages...

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than...

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Koch has committed egocide with this book.

Koch has committed egocide with this book.

Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book...

Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book...