“Books are the shells of wisdom, which are split open for the pearls of character.”— Bozorgmehr Related Quotes “The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.”— Ray Bradbury “The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story”— Brandt Legg “Was I (am I not still?) a victim of words and books merely, and are books just an excuse for living, living things out in parenthesis, even in the most desolate stony place as I was, quotations and misquotations raining down on me thick and fast – words, words, words – the multitude of words, a parody of rain? For after all, as old Mrs Feany said, the rain is healthy. And the rain it raineth everyday. But the stuff of books and solitude and spying on the poor, could they be healthy? Or were my doubts the real heresy and treason? What book ever changed the world? It seems a solipsism to say that what changes the way we see the world, changes the world, but it is not. Where do you want me to begin? The Bible, Das Kapital? The Divine Comedy, The Satanic Verses?”— Andrew McNeillie