American Book Award

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

    “An American Virgin would never dare command; an American Venus would never dare exist.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “A book that furnishes no quotations is, me judice, no book—it is a plaything.”
    —Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)

    “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)