1.
Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.
Antonio Gaudi
'Any invention of humankind is already inscribed in the annals of nature.'
2.
Everything comes from the great book of nature.
Antonio Gaudi
'All knowledge stems from the natural world.'
3.
The truly great books are the few books that are over everybody's head all of the time.
Mortimer Adler
4.
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.
Julian Barnes
6.
There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
Anne Bronte
9.
You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.
Markus Zusak
10.
I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.
Charles Bukowski
12.
There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
Neil Jordan
13.
They say nobody has the attention span to read great books early in life. If I start to read something good, I'll look and it's 86 pages already. Attention span. What are they talking about? If it's good, it'll drag you in.
Nick Tosches
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In my opinion, what makes a great book is something that is universally specific.
Anne Hathaway
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When you read a great book at one point in your life then in another part of your life, when you read the same book, it's like it was just written because now what you bring to the experience is so much richer.
Keith David