There are books on my shelf that I'm not into. They are things I don't know anything about yet. It's going to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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Since I started as a comic person then became a musician to me it was interesting because I have this really great,… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
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Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read… — Jaroslav Pelikan Copy Share Image
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“When he wasn't too sick to sit up, Roosevelt sought comfort and distraction in the world that he knew best: his library.… — Candice Millard Copy Share Image
The copies of The Catcher In The Rye or To Kill A Mockingbird that I own look like they were printed yesterday,… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
I have on my bookshelf a series of books with opposite titles: 'The Alpha Strategy' and the 'Omega Strategy'; 'Asia Rising' and… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
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Human beings, you see, do absolutely two primary things. We see like and unlike. Like becomes, in literature, simile and metaphor. Unlike… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Fiction in general holds little interest for me. Novels, in particular, arouse more suspicion than intrigue. It truly baffles me that any… — Dan Garfat-Pratt Copy Share Image
As a reader, coming to my reading as a writer immersed in fairytales, I cant help but notice in so many stories,… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
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A human being creates complexity by writing a novel on the surface of paper; a weather system creates complexity by writing waves… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
“There's a reason why most men don't read romance: Romance novels are wish-fulfillment for women. The fictitious men in romance novels fall… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
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I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
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Maybe I'll just write books. I'd like to make another movie, but I don't want to go back and [do] what they… — John Waters Copy Share Image
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