This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how big the next addition will be, or where it will be put. At any point, I can call the book finished or unfinished.

Quote by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

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Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from...

You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to...

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to...

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of...

A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not...

It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do...

It is books that are a key to the wide world; if you can't do...

To me it's not a ... This is my ... This is my ... I...

To me it's not a ... This is my ... This is my ... I...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate...

If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate...

He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he...

He might be a very clever man by nature for aught I know, but he...

The real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.