Marguerite Yourcenar Book Quotations
Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes about:
Book Quotes from:
- All Book Quotes
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Neil Gaiman
- Mark Twain
- Terry Pratchett
- Henry David Thoreau
- Ray Bradbury
- Stephen King
- Cassandra Clare
- J K Rowling
- John Green
- C S Lewis
- Samuel Johnson
- Alberto Manguel
- William Shakespeare
- Markus Zusak
- Salman Rushdie
- Cornelia Funke
- Daniel Handler
- Jeanette Winterson
- Paul Auster
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Writing Quotes
There are stages in bread-making quite similar to the stages of writing. You begin with something shapeless, which sticks to your fingers, a kind of paste. Gradually that paste becomes more and more firm. Then there comes a point when it turns rubbery. Finally, you sense that the yeast has begun to do its work: the dough is alive. Then all you have to do is let it rest. But in the case of a book the work may take ten years.
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Lying Quotes
A book may lie dormant for fifty years or for two thousand years in a forgotten corner of a library, only to reveal, upon being opened, the marvels or the abysses that it contains, or the line that seems to have been written for me alone. In this respect the writer is not different from any other human being: whatever we say or do can have far-reaching consequences.