Often the grind of book promotion wearies you of your own book - though at the same time this frees you from its clutches. Julian Barnes
One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator. Jack Youngblood
One rainy Sunday when I was in the third grade, I picked up a book to look at the pictures and discovered that even though I did not want to, I was reading. I have been a reader ever since. Beverly Cleary
Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars. Jared Diamond
That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out! Robert McCloskey
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. Aristotle
Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. Taylor Caldwell
Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight. Gene Tunney
Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe that's why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried. Kim Edwards
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it? David Brin
We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure. Robertson Davies
Well, it's very easy for me to gain weight, but even though I tried not eating for a week when I was really young, I couldn't do it any longer because I liked my food too much. Amanda Seyfried
Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun.Bill Walton