Ilyina Quotes & Sayings

I think of myself as a serious professor who, during the weekend, writes novels. — Umberto Eco

Those with a moral deficit put on a good show, and sleep like a baby. — Paul Newman

Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence ... Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually. — William Ellery Channing

A powerful wind swept through the shtetl, making it whistle. Those studying obscure texts in dimly lit rooms looked up. Lovers making amends and promises, amendments and excuses, fell silent. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Six minutes isn't sex," I hear him
saying as my eyes crash shut. "Six
minutes is a boiled egg. — Sophie Kinsella