[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore essentially clear and deep and honest than he himself is, and he will be judged finally not for how many copies his books have sold, but for what they have done to enrich the lives of their readers, now and in time to come.
Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books.... To be in a library is one of the purest of all… - Lawrence Clark Powell
Believers and doers are what we need - faithful librarians who are humble in the presence of books.... To be in a library is one of the purest of all…
- Lawrence Clark Powell
Reading books is good, Rereading good books is better. - Lawrence Clark Powell
Reading books is good, Rereading good books is better.
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. - Lawrence Clark Powell
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore… - Lawrence Clark Powell
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore…
I have always been reconciled to the fact that I was born a bibliomaniac, never have I sought a cure, and my dearest friends have been drawn from tho… - Lawrence Clark Powell
I have always been reconciled to the fact that I was born a bibliomaniac, never have I sought a cure, and my dearest friends have been drawn from tho…
Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things. - Lawrence Clark Powell
Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.
We all think were going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectation aren't met, but sometimes our expectations sell us short. So… - Lawrence Clark Powell
We all think were going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectation aren't met, but sometimes our expectations sell us short. So…
What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to ea… - Lawrence Clark Powell
What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to ea…
I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question, From how deep and true an impulse di… - Lawrence Clark Powell
I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question, From how deep and true an impulse di…
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