American Book Award

Famous quotes containing the words american, book and/or award:

    “One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.”
    —Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986)

    “Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)