Chuck Palahniuk

Your life isn't about doing one perfect 'thing' and then falling down dead. It's more like going to church or writing a book. You do it over and over, always trying to be a little bit better. Then you die.

American Novelist

Kurt Vonnegut

I'm screamingly funny, you know, I really am in the books. And that helps because I'm funnier than a lot of people, I think, and that's appreciated by young people.

American Writer

Yoko Ono

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

American Artist

Langston Hughes

One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.

American Poet

Jeff Bezos

The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world.

American Businessman

Saint Augustine

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

Saint

Jean-Paul Sartre

All that I know about my life, it seems, I have learned in books.

French Philosopher

Fran Lebowitz

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

American Journalist

Jim Rohn

Yann Martel

Canadian Author

The word 'book' can be used to discuss actual physical books or ideas and experiences metaphorically.

Literal and Figurative

Certain expressions with 'book' may suggest specific genres, like a 'recipe book' for cooking.

Genre Specific

'Book' can imply authority and knowledge, often respected in many cultures.

Cultural Significance

When 'book' is used as a verb, it usually refers to making a reservation in advance.

Future Arrangements

As a verb, 'book' is neutral and can be used in both formal and informal situations.

Formality Level

The noun 'book' can refer to divisions in sacred texts, important in religious contexts.

Religious Texts

'Book' can indicate a specific part of a larger work, not just religious ones.

Specific Reference

In gambling, 'book' relates to keeping track of bets, so its use may be niche.

Gambling Context

Using 'book' as a verb in legal contexts suggests someone is being officially charged.

Legal Connotations

In business, 'books' involve recording financial transactions, crucial for financial health.

Accounting Term

'Cook the books' means to alter financial records dishonestly - a negative connotation.

Metaphor for Honesty

 And while today's mass produced cover illustrations are marketing tools, the cover designs of early books were made to order. Even spines have a history. Initially, they were not considered aesthetically important, and the earliest ones were flat, rather than rounded. The flat form made the books easier to read

The evolution of the...

 A thousand years later, Ancient Egyptians wrote a dream book listing over a hundred common dreams and their meanings. And in the years since, we haven't paused in our quest to understand why we dream. So, after a great deal of scientific research, technological advancement, and persistence,

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 associative names work by reflecting imagery meaning back to their back to the brand the amazon in south america is the world's largest river therefore the earth's biggest selection of books clothes content and so on sirius is the brightest star therefore the radio

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 just as well as the characters that live in them do and sometimes, just as well or even better than the reader understands the world outside of the book. But how? How can human-made squiggles on a page reflect lights into our eyes that send signals to our brains

How to build a fictional...

 books as being the largest land predator on earth so this gargantuan skull must surely come from some prehistoric dinosaur a saber-toothed cat perhaps well actually this super giant is anything but extinct in fact they're increasing in number they're said to be

BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...

 painstakingly copying all books by hand. Whenever they needed to denote a chapter break or a division of text, scribes would switch from standard black to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase

Mysteries of vernacular:...

 The journey begins and ends in a hero's ordinary world, but the quest passes through an unfamiliar, special world. Along the way, there are some key events. Think about your favorite book or movie. Does it follow this pattern?

What makes a hero? -...

 What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively explaining existence as a journey down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a thread, a game, a window of opportunity,

Plato’s Allegory of the...

 surprisingly they're not cuffed or restrained in any way it's part of a policy intended to help reduce stress during booking but over two-thirds of the arrestees are drug users and many

County Jail Booking...

 If your life were a book and you were the author,

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