Jean Rostand Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

  Jean Rostand

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

• If a given scientist had not made a given discovery, someone else would have done so a little later. Johann Mendel dies unknown after having discovered the laws of heredity: thirty-five years later, three men rediscover them. But the book that is not written will never be written. The premature death of a great scientist delays humanity; that of a great writer deprives it.

  Jean Rostand

  Book, Science, Men

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

• Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

  Jean Rostand

  Book, Reading, Forgettable

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

• I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

  Jean Rostand

  Lying, Book, Reality

  Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”

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