Literary Book

Famous quotes containing the words literary and/or book:

“The further our civilization advances upon its present lines so much the cheaper sort of thing does “fame” become, especially of the literary sort. This species of “fame” a waggish acquaintance says can be manufactured to order, and sometimes is so manufactured.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“A book lives as long as it is unfathomed.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)