“I like the sound of words, but I don't ever really expect my slow, slanted impression of the world to change by… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“In the morning, nurture your mind with good books. At night, write yours.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil. — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
I love putting on a candle, reading a book, and just taking a second for me. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
I prepare for auditions differently depending on what it is - what the material is, what the project is, who I'm reading… — Matt Lanter Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Early on, people invested in me because of my letters and then, somehow, after they invested, they stopped reading them. — Michael Burry Copy Share Image
“Closed books are like closed eyes—you must open them to see anything.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
We have to put aside the customary historical reading of works of art in order to invite art to respond to certain… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Montesquieu wrote: "I have never known any distress that an hour of reading did not relieve." If one substituted the word music… — Zhu Xiao-Mei Copy Share Image
I remember when I was in my late teens just getting rid of lots of records, realizing I only ever listened to… — Jonny Greenwood Copy Share Image
“By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Time cleaning was less time reading, so I usually just did the minimal amount, and left it for another day, a day… — Rebecca Raisin Copy Share Image
All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that venerates scores. We affix numbers to how much fat is in our mochachinos, how quickly our… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy, and a secret hope: There… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“ProLiteracy Worldwide’s “President’s Report on the State of Adult Literacy 2006” found that 70 percent of prison inmates in America lacked basic… — Michael Sullivan Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most remarkable thing I found about the Bible was how flexible it is. Here we have a book written 3,000… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Read everything! Don't just read things that are in your comfort zone or things that you think you're already going to like.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
There is no reason why the profoundest thoughts should not make easy and exciting reading. A profound thought is an exciting thing… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
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“What you read at Columbia is Plato's Republic and Homer's Iliad. What you learn at Columbia is that reading isn't education. Education… — Ted Rall Copy Share Image
I do like a good mystery. I'm reading Edgar Allan Poe now. I also like autobiographies. — James Van Praagh Copy Share Image
I grew up reading thrillers. Honestly, I was always drawn to the very detailed ones like Patricia Cornwell. I love details. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
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And so he was reading the story as if it were a spell and the words of it, spoken aloud, could make… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
“No book is really worth reading at the age of 10 which is not equally worth reading at the age of 50.” — Gladys Hunt Copy Share Image
Give me a thrill, says the reader, Give me a kick; I don't care how you succeed, or What subject you pick. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
One more thing: don't spend too much time merely reading. The best part of this work is the play, so play and… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
“There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.” — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
I sometimes pretend that I have insomnia when what I really have is a good book and an inadequate respect for tomorrow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You don't need to go running from pillar to post looking for what God looks like.” — Jaachynma N.E. Agu Copy Share Image
“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
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