--- title: "11 Reader Heart Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Reader Heart quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Reader Heart sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/jenny-hubbard-28458_books_read-to-your-heart-s-content-though-if-y_834799.jpg" --- > [“Read to your heart's content. Though if you are a reader, the heart is never content.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-hubbard/read-to-your-heart-s-content-though-if-you-are-a-reader-the-heart-is/) [Jenny Hubbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-hubbard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87d/jenny-hubbard-28458_books_read-to-your-heart-s-content-though-if-y_834799.jpg) > [“Let at least one word of my writings impregnate the reader's heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/let-at-least-one-word-of-my-writings-impregnate-the-reader-s-heart/) [Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6a/vladimir-nabokov-198_books_let-at-least-one-word-of-my-writings-imp_1477982.jpg) > [“It’s not what happens to people on the page; it’s about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-lish/it-s-not-what-happens-to-people-on-the-page-it-s-about-what-happens/) [Gordon Lish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-lish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/gordon-lish-47070_books_it-s-not-what-happens-to-people-on-the-p_2431140.png) > [A writer's heart must beat. A reader's heart must hear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lee-gauch/a-writer-s-heart-must-beat-a-reader-s-heart-must-hear-it/) [Patricia Lee Gauch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lee-gauch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/patricia-lee-gauch-80867_beats_a-writer-s-heart-must-beat-a-reader-s-he_2237847.png) > [I've never chased the dollar, I've always chased the reader's heart. I love having more readers. The more people who read it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-coben/i-ve-never-chased-the-dollar-i-ve-always-chased-the-reader-s-heart-i/) [Harlan Coben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-coben/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/harlan-coben-847_books_i-ve-never-chased-the-dollar-i-ve-always_2369711.png) > [“What makes a writer successful is not money or fame (though both are nice) ... it's that in being true to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miyoko-hikiji/what-makes-a-writer-successful-is-not-money-or-fame-though-both-are/) [Miyoko Hikiji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miyoko-hikiji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/miyoko-hikiji-97608_books_what-makes-a-writer-successful-is-not-mo_487470.jpg) > [When you want to touch the reader's heart, try to be colder. It gives their grief as it were, a background, against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/when-you-want-to-touch-the-reader-s-heart-try-to-be-colder-it-gives/) [Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/anton-chekhov-298_backgrounds_when-you-want-to-touch-the-reader-s-hear_2456082.jpg) > [The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/the-reader-cannot-see-into-your-heart-he-will-know-only-what-you-tell/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/margaret-atwood-40_blind_the-reader-cannot-see-into-your-heart-he_2428369.jpg) > [A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolyn-see/a-great-novelist-must-open-the-reader-s-heart-allow-the-reader-to/) [Carolyn See](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolyn-see/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/carolyn-see-31441_books_a-great-novelist-must-open-the-reader-s_273485.jpg) > [I am called to listen to the sound of my own heart -- to write the story within myself that demands to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-paterson/i-am-called-to-listen-to-the-sound-of-my-own-heart-to-write-the-story/) [Katherine Paterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-paterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/katherine-paterson-2365_books_i-am-called-to-listen-to-the-sound-of-my_1092608.png) > [“But sometimes unexpected things happen that can rouse an old memory, something seminal, a past event so momentous and strong that, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-duno/but-sometimes-unexpected-things-happen-that-can-rouse-an-old-memory/) [Steve Duno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-duno/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/steve-duno-279855_books_but-sometimes-unexpected-things-happen-t_2976376.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reader-heart/#itemlist", "name": "Reader Heart Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Read to your heart's content. 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