In Victorian England, people were told they should discourage their wives from reading because it would lead them into all sorts of… — Marion Bailey Copy Share Image
The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other… — Joyce Brothers Copy Share Image
“I'm looking forward tomorrow to a peaceful Sunday spent in bed with Churchill's 'Life Of Marlborough'. Funny that he should be Prime… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Our relation to books is a shadowy space haunted by the ghosts of memory, and the real value of books lies in… — Pierre Bayard Copy Share Image
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“That's the pleasure and challenge of reading great novels; you get to see yourself as others see you and you get to… — John Green Copy Share Image
I am reading "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers and "Redeployment" by Phil Klay . Both Powers and Klay are Iraq War… — George Packer Copy Share Image
I have been involved with the Roundabout for over a decade. Every once in a while, they'd give me a call to… — James Rebhorn Copy Share Image
As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I work hard, do my best and send it out to the world hoping that people can relate to it. I accept… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I… — Gary Soto Copy Share Image
During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Read, Read, and then Read some more. Always Read. Find the voices that speak most to YOU. This is your pleasure and… — Naomi Shihab Nye Copy Share Image
After college, I spent a decade working the kinds of jobs that I write about - bartender, shoe salesman, kitchen man -… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time… — Bjork Copy Share Image
People don't care to read what they already think or what any people think - they know all that well enough. They… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
More of your brain is involved when reading than it is when you watch television... because you are supplying just about everything...… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“I wish I had a dollar for every hour I've spent in the library," he always says. I have to agree- we'd… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
I'm getting ready to write a piece now, and it's been six months thinking about it, changing the instrumentation, changing the name,… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
“The hero was the sort of character you could feel yourself falling in love with, no matter how much you tried to… — Heather James Copy Share Image
It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said… — Keeley Hawes Copy Share Image
The thing about reading is that if you are hooked, you're not going to stop just because one series is over; you're… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
My dad is one of the funniest people I know. He's the sort of man who can make you laugh just by… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
The Southern slave would obey God in respect to marriage, and also to the reading and studying of His word. But this,… — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
We are all writers and readers as well as communicators with the need at times to please and satisfy ourselves with the… — Roger Angell Copy Share Image
I used to be very disciplined about only buying three books ahead of what I was reading, but my husband corrupted me,… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I get up earlier than my husband and I intentionally spend time in prayer and Bible reading just to focus myself for… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t story (good or bad) that pulled me in; it was English itself, the way it felt in my braces-caged mouth… — Kory Stamper Copy Share Image
“He read because it gave him instant gratification in a way nothing else did,and as was the case with all addicts,gratification was… — Jeet Thayil Copy Share Image
The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic.… — Michael Kimmelman Copy Share Image
“Great writers wield their words like a weapon; a double-edged sword to strike their readers with truth where they least expect it.… — Matthew D. Forgenti Copy Share Image
I realized that every lesson, conference, response, and assignment I taught must lead students away from me and toward their autonomy as… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
If you're a cowboy and you're dragging a guy behind your horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
Reading Poe was like a near-death experience, the kind that makes you feel fragile and free in its wake. I felt almost… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
We never read without profit if with the pen or pencil in our hand we mark such ideas as strike us by… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“When I read, I was a philosopher and it was up to me to figure out the meaning of things. Reading made… — Heather O'Neill Copy Share Image
