“Books are the essence of life. And there is nothing like a good story to pass the time.” — Victoria Hislop Copy Share Image
“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. Reading is borrowing!” — William Styron Copy Share Image
Reading is a key feature in the life of every single successful person I have ever met. — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
“This book has awoken something in me. I don't know what it is, but it feels good.” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers. — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
“Before bed I do a bit of light reading. I’m reading a 50-pound book on midgets.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Nevil Shute's On the Beach is no Christmas carol, but it seems to me a remarkably fine novel, one which I read,… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I think many people (like myself) prefer to read poetry mixed with prose; it gives you more to go by; the conventions… — William Empson Copy Share Image
From reading over the notes for each session it was apparent that there had been improvement by more or less regular steps… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do think reading is the best practice for writing, along with writing all the time. I actually never liked writing on… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
If, for example, all the codons are triplets, then in addition to the correct reading of the message, there are two incorrect… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
When I'm in line at the grocery store, I might pick up one of those tabloids. I might not even buy it.… — Randy Pitchford Copy Share Image
“Before I start a film or a play, I try to build a world in my mind. An imaginative world which the… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
Why do you think the Bible has survived thousands of years of tumultuous history Why is it still here Is it because… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“My favorite thing in the world to do is read a book. I read Heidi, which I love, then I read another… — Mindy Warshaw Skolsky Copy Share Image
Prepare yourselves mentally. A mission requires a great deal of mental preparation. You must memorize missionary discussions, memorize scriptures, and oftentimes learn… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
...And another item from the growing file of people who voluntarily wear dunce caps... You'll be talking cordially to someone and make… — Tim Dorsey Copy Share Image
'Recreative' is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don't like the… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will. — Irene Thomas Copy Share Image
He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Here's my library, where I don't do a lot of reading but mostly play Angry Birds on the computer. — J. Lynn Copy Share Image
“Reading is like breathing. Reading the classics is like breathing highly oxygenated air.” — Jane Greensmith Copy Share Image
I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
I can spend the day without writing or reading, but I can't spend a day without listening to music. — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“Because at night when others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Some people just need to read and think, to spend time alone sorting through the stories in their heads” — Ronald T. Potter-Efron Copy Share Image
Avid readers are enchanted by meaning, which is available chiefly in books. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“Books and workshops and gurus are great, but the very best teacher for your mind is, and will always be, your heart.” — Scott Stabile Copy Share Image
“I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life.” — Scott Corbett Copy Share Image
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. — Confucius Copy Share Image
You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself. — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
“Leiam o que os apaixone, apenas isso os ajudará a suportar a existência.” — Ernesto Sábato Copy Share Image
Artists have a sensibility that others don't have. They have a way of reading into the future. — John Elkann Copy Share Image
Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
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