Selected quotation

"Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.... You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms."

~ Angela Carter



Various books with quotations, aphorisms and proverbs:

The Book of Positive Quotations, 2nd Edition

Ancient Wisdom: The Book of Proverbs With Devotions for Today

8,789 Words of Wisdom

A Continual Feast: Words of Comfort and Celebration, Collected by Father Tim

The Yale Book of Quotations

The Wise and Witty Quote Book: More than 2000 Quotes to Enlighten, Encourage, and Enjoy

Great Quotes from Great Leaders

Apronisms: Pocket Wisdom for Every Day

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

Oxymoronica: Paradoxical Wit & Wisdom From History's Greatest Wordsmiths

Chinese Proverbs