I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
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The clerisy are those who seek, and find, delight and enlargement of life in books. The clerisy are those for whom reading… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
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A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
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All of us grow up in particular realities - a home, family, a clan, a small town, a neighborhood. Depending upon how… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I don't know where you're reading all this stuff, but it's pretty accurate, yes. It was in 1942. I was on a… — Haskell Wexler Copy Share Image
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Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read -- clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction I've… — David Liss Copy Share Image
But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He… — Charles Templeton Copy Share Image
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“[When under stress I thought of] the books I had read [and applied] them to myself. I [imagined I was] one of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I'm just writing what I know. I've never been much of a reader of fantasy, and I think you write what you,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Recently I was reading somewhere or other an Italian curio-dealer who attempted to sell a 17th century crucifix to J.P. Morgan. Inside… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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When I started reading George R.R. Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' novels, it was the late 1990s and obsessing over… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
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Many in the creative professions were nerds in their pasts because they spent so long reading comics and using their imaginations when… — Jim Lee Copy Share Image
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![“He [Jesus] was the greatest human being who has ever lived. He was a moral genius. His ethical sense was unique. He was the intrinsically wisest person that I've ever encountered in my life or in my reading. His commitment was total and led to his own death, much to the detriment of the world...” quote by Charles Templeton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5d1/charles-templeton-43511_commitment_he-jesus-was-the-greatest-human-being-wh_3183762.jpg)
![“[When under stress I thought of] the books I had read [and applied] them to myself. I [imagined I was] one of the characters [and soon found myself] in made-up circumstances which were most agreeable to my inclinations.” quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/500/jean-jacques-rousseau-418_book_when-under-stress-i-thought-of-the-books_1128017.jpg)
