Quotes About Controversial Books

#1. Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

John F. Kennedy

#2. The thing was, Henrietta looked like a place where magic could happen. The valley seemed to whisper secrets.

Maggie Stiefvater

#3. The 1930s birthed two great agrarian novels: 'Gone with the Wind' from the viewpoint of the ruling class, 'The Grapes of Wrath' for the underclass. And both were turned into movies that dared to be true to the books' controversial themes.

Richard Corliss

#4. My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator," he shouted at the cops. "They were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!

James Patterson

#5. True happiness is impossible without solitude. The fallen angel probably betrayed God because he longed for solitude, which angels do not know.

Anton Chekhov

#6. Maintain an attitude of anticipating success!

Tae Yun Kim

#7. I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.

Molly Ivins

#8. I may not have a lot of hope but I have plenty of love, which gives me fight.

Janisse Ray

#9. Books whose topics I thoroughy depsise are accapteble because they often force the reader to think and to examine his own beliefs. In an age where most people are either blindly obedient or radical, exposing oneself to the ideas contained in even the most controversial of books is a good thing.

Tiffini Johnson

#10. A final word on self-criticism: Do not beat up on yourself. Even if you think you know your flaws, there is no need to advertise them. Most people won't have noticed.

Philip Toshio Sudo

#11. T know what they say about secrets. I've heard it all. That they can haunt and govern you. That they can poison relationships and divide families. That in the end, only the truth will set you free.

Emily Giffin

#12. The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

Edward Abbey

#13. Tears is the voice of heart in pain, in absence of feelings one don't care what you share.

Kishore Bansal

#14. I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.

Rick Springfield

#15. I took Sin on faith, but if faith were money, fools would be billionaires.

Nina Malkin

#16. I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully.

Dave Matthews

#17. From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

Jane Goodall