--- title: "9 Begin Read Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Begin Read quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Begin Read sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/jason-porath-82389_books_she-begin-to-read-and-read-and-in-short_1491632.jpg" --- > [“She begin to read. And read. And in short order, she became dangerous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-porath/she-begin-to-read-and-read-and-in-short-order-she-became-dangerous/) [Jason Porath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-porath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/jason-porath-82389_books_she-begin-to-read-and-read-and-in-short_1491632.jpg) > [Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-brown/begin-to-read-a-book-that-will-help-you-move-toward-your-dream/) [Les Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/les-brown-1868_begin_begin-to-read-a-book-that-will-help-you_554992.png) > [When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anzia-yezierska/when-i-only-begin-to-read-i-forget-i-m-on-this-world-it-lifts-me-on/) [Anzia Yezierska](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anzia-yezierska/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/678/anzia-yezierska-21338_books_when-i-only-begin-to-read-i-forget-i-m-o_1763819.png) > [“I had a renewal of mind, when I begin to read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/i-had-a-renewal-of-mind-when-i-begin-to-read/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/lailah-gifty-akita-11_book-lovers_i-had-a-renewal-of-mind-when-i-begin-to_2398035.jpg) > [“Begin to read, write, sing, dance, study, draw…!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/begin-to-read-write-sing-dance-study-draw/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/lailah-gifty-akita-11_abilites_begin-to-read-write-sing-dance-study-dra_1893118.jpg) > [Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/begin-where-you-are-read-every-word-every-phrase-every-paragraph-of/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f01/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_begin_begin-where-you-are-read-every-word-ever_34184.jpg) > [“My books nourish my soul. When I open a cover and begin to read, I go to new places, to worlds I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-hite/my-books-nourish-my-soul-when-i-open-a-cover-and-begin-to-read-i-go/) [Ann Hite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-hite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ann-hite-89127_books_my-books-nourish-my-soul-when-i-open-a-c_3002405.jpg) > [“When we read, we decide when, where, how long, and about what. One of the few places on earth that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-clements/when-we-read-we-decide-when-where-how-long-and-about-what-one-of-the/) [Andrew Clements](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-clements/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/andrew-clements-24769_andrew_when-we-read-we-decide-when-where-how-lo_1652762.jpg) > [“I think it will last," said Grandfather. "In my experience when people once begin to read they go on. They begin because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-goudge/i-think-it-will-last-said-grandfather-in-my-experience-when-people/) [Elizabeth Goudge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-goudge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b3/elizabeth-goudge-2888_books_i-think-it-will-last-said-grandfather-in_1485940.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/begin-read/#itemlist", "name": "Begin Read Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She begin to read. And read. 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I time travel into the past and up into the distant future”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Hite" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-hite/my-books-nourish-my-soul-when-i-open-a-cover-and-begin-to-read-i-go/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ann-hite-89127_books_my-books-nourish-my-soul-when-i-open-a-c_3002405.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ann-hite-89127_books_my-books-nourish-my-soul-when-i-open-a-c_3002405.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/ann-hite-89127_books_my-books-nourish-my-soul-when-i-open-a-c_3002405.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My books nourish my soul. 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