Every day a word surprises me (Tapa dura)

•The companion volume to Phaidon's global bestseller Art Is the Highest Form of Hope (2016)•Presents fresh quotes, discovered in diaries, letters, notebooks, interviews, memoirs, and more, and includes originals sources so readers can track down the quotes in context•Includes hundreds of quotations by the world's most celebrated writers, historic and contemporary - from Jane Austen to Julian Barnes, Leo Tolstoy to Patti Smith, Virginia Woolf to Elena Ferrante, Henry David Thoreau to Dave Eggers•Easy-to-navigate organization by subject and smart typographic design highlight writers' strong opinions, personal observations, and hard-earned advice•Doubles as an ideal gift and valuable resource for all who appreciate the power of books and words.