We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed. Lawrence Clark Powell agebookchange share on social
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end. Lawrence Clark Powell civilizationcorrespondinglyend Change image and share on social
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength. Lawrence Clark Powell absorptiveachievecapacity Change image and share on social
Books themselves need no defense. Their spokesmen come and go, their readers live and die, they remain constant. Lawrence Clark Powell bookconstantdefense Change image and share on social
Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things. Lawrence Clark Powell bookbringdead Change image and share on social
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow. Lawrence Clark Powell growhearread Change image and share on social
What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation. Lawrence Clark Powell authorbookcall Change image and share on social
