Kara Skinner (Lover's Quarrel Reviews) > Kara's Quotes

“I've never witnessed a successful man with a bad attitude.”
― Yokoo Gibraan

“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.”
― Walt Whitman

“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“By reading, we will know the minds of great soul.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“I am glad you found your way in here, for I am sure there is much that will interest you. These companions," and he laid his hand on some of the books, "have been good friends to me and for some years past, ever since I had the good idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure.”
― Bram Stoker

“As a writer, the main skill you need is curiosity. As a reader, the main tool you need is open-mindedness.”
― Gloria D. Gonsalves

“Every reader wants the same thing: to open the cover of a book and watch the words explode like fireworks off the page.”
― Kim Lehman

“Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged (or intense) exposure of one mind to another.”
― Harold Brodkey

“It was like standing on the edge of the cliff and in this moment we were going to leap into fame or crash onto the rocks of failure.”
― Kristen Hope Mazzola, Colt & Serena

“His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.”
― Elie Wiesel, Night

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin