Rikki Ducornet quotes

Rikki Ducornet quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not worth reading.”
-- Rikki Ducornet

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“A book is a private thing, citizen; it belongs to the one who writes it and to the one who reads it. Like the mind itself, a book is a private space. Within that space, anything is possible. The greatest evil and the greatest good.”
-- Rikki Ducornet

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Space Quotes
“An important memory is like a gravitational field--the mind is compelled to return to it again and again. It is like a moon; it lives in light and shadow.”
-- Rikki Ducornet

Source : Rikki Ducornet (2007). “Gazelle”, p.149, Anchor

#Memories Quotes #Moon Quotes #Light Quotes
“Cinematic and symphonic: this is a compelling story revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a wonderfully impressive debut: tender, muscled and unforgettable.”
-- Rikki Ducornet

#Voice Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Stories Quotes
“The child is born speaking the languages of birds; the child has horns and scales and wings; it has a beak; it has a cloven hoof. He is the sum of all creatures: the ones that swim, the ones that soar, the ones that leap, the ones that maze the earth with burrows.”
-- Rikki Ducornet

#Love Quotes #Children Quotes #Wings Quotes

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