Nytimes Book Review Quotes

#1. Really good 'hard' novels - say, Wolf Hall - yield, if you read them carefully, the information you need when you need it, in order to follow their paths. But there is a point at which subtle storytelling maneuvers outmaneuver their own intelligibility.

Daniel Menaker

#2. Please," she whispered, sounding more frantic. "Don't leave me down in these chasms alone."
He smiled wryly. "Is it really this hard for you to let me win one single argument?"
"Yes!

Brandon Sanderson

#3. The thing is, my dad's always been more of a bookworm; he was interested in more intellectual pursuits, but nobody can escape the passion that football stirs.

Shakira

#4. Spiritual warfare is the unseen battle God wages on your behalf.

Jim George

#5. When you shoot an independent movie you have a very limited amount of time, and you don't want to be that actor, when a poor director is trying to get through a movie, that you're asking at every second to discuss performance.

Isla Fisher

#6. I moved to cricket at a time when I was at the peak of my career, and I can guarantee you that no one else from Bollywood would have done that.

Preity Zinta

#7. She now knew that Raul's mouth wasn't just useful for charming the pants off a woman, but just as efficient in making sure a woman was happy she took her pants off to begin with.

Tiffany Patterson

#8. The struggle for Financial Freedom is very unfair. Just look at the rewards.

Manoj Arora

#9. The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.

Noah Feldman

#10. Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?

Leonard Ravenhill