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title: "34 Read Stories Quotes by 32 authors"
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> [“Read the stories of the past to write your story for the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/habeeb-akande/read-the-stories-of-the-past-to-write-your-story-for-the-future/)

[Habeeb Akande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/habeeb-akande/)

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> [ I love writing for myself. I read them \[my stories\], I cry over them sometimes. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-ogot/i-love-writing-for-myself-i-read-them-my-stories-i-cry-over-them/)

[Grace Ogot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-ogot/)

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> [Television's not going read stories to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-loder/television-s-not-going-read-stories-to-you/)

[Kurt Loder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-loder/)

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> [“I like to read stories where heroes are actually heroes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rigoli/i-like-to-read-stories-where-heroes-are-actually-heroes/)

[Richard Rigoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rigoli/)

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> [I love to read stories. And I don't to get to talk about my favorite novels very often in my job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-love-to-read-stories-and-i-don-t-to-get-to-talk-about-my-favorite/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

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> [There's something very strange about Sherlock Holmes, especially if you're an English schoolboy. When you read the stories, they stay with you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-horowitz/there-s-something-very-strange-about-sherlock-holmes-especially-if/)

[Anthony Horowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-horowitz/)

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> [“read stories of restless people who always end up alone and hate being alone because it’s always themselves they can’t stand being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-aciman/read-stories-of-restless-people-who-always-end-up-alone-and-hate/)

[André Aciman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-aciman/)

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> [“If you are not familiar with the age in which we live, read my stories. If you cannot endure my stories, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-you-are-not-familiar-with-the-age-in-which-we-live-read-my-stories/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-barks/i-read-some-of-my-stories-recently-and-thought-how-in-the-hell-did-i/)

[Carl Barks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-barks/)

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> [“I think we should sometimes read stories where everything’s different from our world, don’t you agree? There’s nothing’s like it for teaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-funke/i-think-we-should-sometimes-read-stories-where-everything-s-different/)

[Cornelia Funke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-funke/)

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> [I read stories aloud at every stage. I listen to my writer friends when they kindly offer criticism. I listen to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-jo-campbell/i-read-stories-aloud-at-every-stage-i-listen-to-my-writer-friends/)

[Bonnie Jo Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-jo-campbell/)

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> [I've read stories that are set in a celebrity's house, and you know where it is and what it looks like and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danica-patrick/i-ve-read-stories-that-are-set-in-a-celebrity-s-house-and-you-know/)

[Danica Patrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danica-patrick/)

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> [I mean, we have to read books or we'll make mistakes. If we read stories of how other people lived, we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-dewoskin/i-mean-we-have-to-read-books-or-we-ll-make-mistakes-if-we-read/)

[Rachel DeWoskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-dewoskin/)

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> [“All you fearless, magnificent scribers, writers and authors… In each story I see your triumphs, your tragedies, your trials by night… Each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-mcdonald-andrews/all-you-fearless-magnificent-scribers-writers-and-authors-in-each/)

[K McDonald Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-mcdonald-andrews/)

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> [“When my mom was alive, she read me stories every night. ”Use your imagination, Lorelei,” she’d say, “and your whole life can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-loftin/when-my-mom-was-alive-she-read-me-stories-every-night-use-your/)

[Nikki Loftin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-loftin/)

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> [I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-bush/i-don-t-read-newspapers-and-i-ve-said-i-don-t-watch-the-news-i-love/)

[Kate Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-bush/)

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> [But really, for me, I tried to find first-person accounts. I tried to read stories from men and women who had survived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/but-really-for-me-i-tried-to-find-first-person-accounts-i-tried-to/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

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> [I was familiar with Lovecraft, I also was familiar with his history as a person. So I had read his stories but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/misha-green/i-was-familiar-with-lovecraft-i-also-was-familiar-with-his-history-as/)

[Misha Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/misha-green/)

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> [“The world's a big place. You can't do or be everything, nor should you. Life is bigger than any one man. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-waiter-steve-dublanica/the-world-s-a-big-place-you-can-t-do-or-be-everything-nor-should-you/)

[The Waiter (Steve Dublanica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-waiter-steve-dublanica/)

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> [“Why else do we read fiction, anyway? Not to be impressed by somebody's dazzling language - or at least I hope that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/why-else-do-we-read-fiction-anyway-not-to-be-impressed-by-somebody-s/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [“...reading literature could teach you about the "universal human experience". Maybe you'll never hunt another man through the jungle. Maybe you won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-dublanica/reading-literature-could-teach-you-about-the-universal-human/)

[Steve Dublanica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-dublanica/)

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> [“Well, since you're not going to do anything with me—can you at least read me a story? I'd settle for that. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-aciman/well-since-you-re-not-going-to-do-anything-with-me-can-you-at-least/)

[André Aciman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-aciman/)

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> [“Peasants and princes, bailiffs and bakers' boys, merchants and mermaids, the figures were all immediately familiar. I had read these stories a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-setterfield/peasants-and-princes-bailiffs-and-bakers-boys-merchants-and-mermaids/)

[Diane Setterfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diane-setterfield/)

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> [“My mother used to read me stories. They ended happily, but before that, there was usually sadness or difficulty. I never understood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-thompson/my-mother-used-to-read-me-stories-they-ended-happily-but-before-that/)

[Jerry Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-thompson/)

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> [To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-marmon-silko/to-be-able-to-make-up-stories-has-been-a-great-gift-to-me-from-my/)

[Leslie Marmon Silko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-marmon-silko/)

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> [I hope that when children read my stories that they evoke images for children. I four stories can help children use their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-andrews/i-hope-that-when-children-read-my-stories-that-they-evoke-images-for/)

[Julie Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-andrews/)

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> [In childhood, we used to read stories from the Arabian Nights. Why were we so interested when it happened somewhere in Arabia,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-s-rajamouli/in-childhood-we-used-to-read-stories-from-the-arabian-nights-why-were/)

[S. S. Rajamouli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-s-rajamouli/)

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> [I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-esquivel/i-can-t-speak-for-readers-in-general-but-personally-i-like-to-read/)

[Laura Esquivel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-esquivel/)

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> [I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-chalke/i-think-that-as-is-true-in-this-industry-everything-gets-blown-out-of/)

[Sarah Chalke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-chalke/)

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> [I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bette-midler/i-decided-years-ago-not-to-read-stories-about-myself-anymore-each-one/)

[Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bette-midler/)

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> [I don't always, or even usually, read stories from beginning to end. I start anywhere and proceed in either direction. A story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/i-don-t-always-or-even-usually-read-stories-from-beginning-to-end-i/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

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> [I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-means/i-love-novels-and-i-read-them-more-than-anything-but-stories-cut-in/)

[David Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-means/)

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> [“If you read stories, you get to see the entire world. And not just the stories you find in books and film,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-dublanica/if-you-read-stories-you-get-to-see-the-entire-world-and-not-just-the/)

[Steve Dublanica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-dublanica/)

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> [“When you read my stories, I want you to see the world through my eyes; as if I based my work on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nila-n-brown/when-you-read-my-stories-i-want-you-to-see-the-world-through-my-eyes/)

[Nila N. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nila-n-brown/)

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