What did Esther Forbes mean by: Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold. - Esther Forbes Novelist · USA Copy
+ I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Esther Forbes, Fulfillment, Purpose, Writing, 0 - Esther Forbes Novelist · USA
+ In old age the secret springs of human nature are apt to come out. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Esther Forbes, Getting Older, Human, 0 - Esther Forbes Novelist · USA
+ If you can’t do, you had best shut up. Feraz Zeid, August 11, 2023December 25, 2024, Esther Forbes, Accountability, Action, Silence, 0 - Esther Forbes Novelist · USA
+ Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn’t a monkey to start with. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Esther Forbes, Authenticity, Personal Responsibility, Self-awareness, 0 - Esther Forbes Novelist · USA
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. - Max De Pree Business leader/CEO · USA
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
