British Book Award

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

    “The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.”
    —Robert Morley (1908–1992)

    “My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects.”
    —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)