In the main, there are two sorts of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Stop reading the news for a week; you will see that the world will turn from red to blue! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
At school I was really heavily dyslexic, so I really struggled academically with reading and writing. — Freya Ridings Copy Share Image
Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Ideally, we should like to define a good book as one which 'permits, invites, or compels' good reading — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Reading the Book of Mormon is one of the greatest persuaders to get men on missions. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Remember that the truth within yourself will always be greater than the truth found in these pages. These stories are here to… — Andrew Kaufman Copy Share Image
In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none… — Roger Ascham Copy Share Image
“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
War is not for winning, Masha," sighed Koschei, reading the tracks of supply lines, of pincer strategies, over her shoulder. "It is… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Reading is not the same as living, Cass, and you need to live,” she says and throws the apple core into a… — G. Bailey Copy Share Image
“If you're reading this, then I guess someone, somewhere does go through the rubbish and read every piece of paper that gets… — Alex Scarrow Copy Share Image
“What is more important to a library than anything else -- than everything else -- is the fact that it exists." [… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader.… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Let me just say something that I forgot, I also hoped and this was very true in the beginning - that this… — Lawrence Halprin Copy Share Image
After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics of God and the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I went… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
The good news (for writers) is that this means that ebooks on computers are more likely to be an enticement to buy… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I have confused ideas of deity, heavily influenced by mind-altering years of reading science fiction, that do not often trouble me, but… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Reading history is good for all of us. If you know history, you know that there is no such thing as a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In my 8th decade of life, it appears as though my reading list resembles a random walk.” — Lotus Landry Copy Share Image
“On the day of judgment, it will be demanded of us not what we have read, but what we have done.” — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
I grew up actually reading 'The Hobbit,' not 'The Lord of the Rings.' I loved 'The Hobbit' growing up. — Elijah Wood Copy Share Image
The reading public isn't born that doesn't think foreigners are either funny or faintly sinister. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“They had only ever discussed books but what, in this life, is more personal than books?” — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Get a good book, get few bottles of water or few cups of tea/coffee or Chocolate milk and start reading.” — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
“The greatest compliments I’ve ever received were complaints from readers that I made them stay up all night reading.” — H.E. Fairbanks Copy Share Image
“I’ve lowered my character with a great deal of unwholesome reading material.” — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“It was a surprise, and a delight, to see children devour books. Without ever knowing it, they were receiving an education.” — Pat Frank Copy Share Image
“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.” — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Text is just ink on a page until a reader comes along and gives it life. — Louise Rosenblatt Copy Share Image
“When you find that one book, that one that makes you tingle. It's almost like you found a little piece of magic.” — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For the reader who has put away comic books, but isn't yet ready for editorials in the Daily News. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“Moreover, people have become accustomed to reading to escape as opposed to reading to think.” — Leigh M. Lane Copy Share Image
Mom, I really think I should just stay home. I mean Ive got all this AP English summer reading. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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