Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees.
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You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.
Books fall from Garry Wills like leaves from a maple tree in a sort of permanent October.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that.
Books are a finer world within the world.
Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.
I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.
I collect books - a lot of books.
Trees are your best antiques.
Hardcover and paperback forever. Someone carve that into a tree.