“Compulsive reading relieves the anxiety that comes from tramping through the forest of meditation in search of clearings.” — Sylvain Tesson Copy Share Image
When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly — Jen Knox Copy Share Image
“The pleasure of the text is that moment when my body pursues its own ideas—for my body does not have the same… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off. — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I always use primary sources, in addition to reading biographies and other materials. — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
“To be original is not creating your own idea; it's the essence of the idea in the reader's mind.” — Kaela Marooney Copy Share Image
The only way to build a church, if you have a Bible church, is to preach out of the Bible, teach out… — Lester Roloff Copy Share Image
“Her father had never bothered with books, but when his daughter sat reading the newspaper at the age of five he wasn’t… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
It was only when I began modeling at 18 that I really began enjoying fashion and reading any fashion magazine I could… — Poppy Delevingne Copy Share Image
There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but… — Lisa Lucas Copy Share Image
“Keep people reading books, Mum; it helps to reinforce and strengthen the indefinable moments that anchor us in the here and now.… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
There's a great feeling of relief when finishing a good book, but also a sadness. You get to know the characters so… — D Michael Hardy Copy Share Image
Find something that thrills you, and when you finish reading it for enjoyment, read it again line by line, paragraph by paragraph… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
I want to be with my wife. Sitting on a deckchair, sipping some tea, and reading books in a retirement home, in… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
Sacred space and sacred time and something joyous to do is all we need. Almost anything then becomes a continuous and increasing… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
She had always been a reader… but now she was obsessed. Since her discovery of the book hoard downstairs from her job,… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
“In the shop window you have promptly identified the cover with the title you were looking for. Following this visual trail, you… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Reading Claire Cooks novel is like eating some exotic dish about which you say, Wow, this is great! Whats in it? The… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
While reading writers of great formulatory power — Henry James, Santayana, Proust — I find I can scarcely get through a page… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
“I approached Buddhism the way I approach almost everything. I read books about it. Even though, at first, I didn't understand much… — Mary Bray Pipher Copy Share Image
“Bill Gates (and his successor at Microsoft, Ray Ozzie) are famous for taking annual reading vacations. During the year they deliberately cultivate… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
