We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read because we know we're alone. Reading offers a kind of companionship that takes no one's… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“¨3. El derecho a no terminar un libro ¿El libro se nos cae de las manos? Que se caiga. La gran novela que se… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk,… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“La vita non è un romanzo, lo so... lo so. Ma solo lo spirito del romanzo può renderla vivibile.” — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
