Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old books. — George F Will Copy Share Image
I rather envy writers who do variations on a theme. I like reading those books, but in practice, I can't do it. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
When I was eight I discovered 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' by C S Lewis and it made me fall… — Tony Hadley Copy Share Image
I don't think anything's more rewarding than hearing that you've helped someone gain a love of reading. — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“Picture books build readers, Mr. Leon. Two missing books from our collection is like two missing bricks from a cathedral.” — Kristin O'Donnell Tubb Copy Share Image
When you're reading Thoreau you look at Hollywood differently, let me tell ya! — Emile Hirsch Copy Share Image
Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power. — Michael Foot Copy Share Image
“My life had got on the wrong track, and my contact with men had become now a mere soliloquy. I had fallen… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs… — Quinn Cummings Copy Share Image
One of my friends, reading the title of these lectures [The Whence and Whither of Man] said: "Of man's origin you know… — John M. Tyler Copy Share Image
I read a lot of 'The Canterbury Tales' on my phone last year, because I was cycling between three different editions, and… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
“A good story invites us into someone else's world where we learn, discover commonalities, and leave with compassion and understanding.” — Lynda Cheldelin Fell Copy Share Image
All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“She had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
When I found out I was pregnant, the first thing that had to go was the acne medicine and chemical-filled face washes… — Marisa Miller Copy Share Image
“Escapism isn't good or bad of itself. What is important is what you are escaping from and where you are escaping to.… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Perhaps some day men will raise a tablet reading in letters of gold: 'All honor to women, the first disenfranchised class in… — Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch Copy Share Image
If you are reading in order to become a better reader, you cannot read just any book or article. You will not… — Mortimer Adler Copy Share Image
“I think the reason novels are regarded to have so much more 'information' than films is that they outsource the scenic design… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
You're supposed to be writing from experience - experience with people, with reading, seeing some homeless guy on the street and making… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Avoid such situations in which you are unnecessarily burdened with rubbish. You already have too much as it is, you need to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We don’t exhaust the Bible even after reading it hundreds of times. Each time we read it we see it in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up with probably three different authors having a seminal influence on my childhood, Dr. Seuss being one and Maurice Sendak… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
One gets infected, it is true, by the style of a work that one has been reading — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head. — John Green Copy Share Image
I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done.” — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“matter of time until he starts satisfying his craving. As if reading” — Justine Elvira Copy Share Image
“So long as you are in God's hands, He will not throw you away. God cannot drop you for you to be… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“Whatever that place is, I don't much care -- not unless a book has happened there.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
It's a bit unusual that I'm the novelist and the actor who is reading out his own material. — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer that sci-fi lives in literature, that the true sci-fi population is out there reading a gazillion authors. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
“I wish I could read my books over for the first time to see what you guys see.” — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
I'm not, like, always focused; I'm very unfocused. I'm reading, and then I'm looking at my phone, and then I'm on the… — Julia Holter Copy Share Image
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. — William Styron Copy Share Image
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