“The most important thing about reading is not the level of sophistication of the books on your shelf. There is no prerequisite… — Lauren Leto Copy Share Image
... we made much less happy by the kindness of a great writer, which strictly speaking we find only in his books,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Reading is very creative - it's not just a passive thing. I write a story; it goes out into the world; somebody… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
If I am on a journey where I only have time to read one-and-a-half books, I never know which one-and-a-half I'll feel… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
The [nineteenth-century] young men who were Puritans in politics were anti-Puritans in literature. They were willing to die for the independence of… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“What the Boy chiefly dabbled in was natural history and fairy tales, and he just took them as they came, in a… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
“For me, this is what wild reading is: readers who incorporate reading into their personal identities to the degree that it weaves… — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and… — Colin Hanks Copy Share Image
If you're following the news, you know that the major religions differ in their interpretation of the holy books. For example, one… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I have a library room with four desks in it. On one of them is a spec, on one of them is… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and most important by hanging out with one… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who had books on them. Before weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, funerals and anything else where you're actually… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Whether or not it is dangerous to read Sade is a question that easily becomes lost in a multitude of others and… — Richard Seaver Copy Share Image
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
It's not all the time, but you get a sense when you're reading something that it's no longer about boxing or the… — Andre Ward Copy Share Image
I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“I gave Henry a supscription [sic] to the Book of the Month club that tells you the book you have to read… — Anita Loos Copy Share Image
I've gotten into doing electronic books and audiobooks, so I have an iPad. I still love reading a real book, but when… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while… — Sarah Zettel Copy Share Image
I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book… — Candace Camp Copy Share Image
“A knowledgeable citizen is a powerful citizen because knowledge is power! Make your nation a powerful one... Keep reading to acquire more… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“What she really felt like doing was reading. Escaping into the Enchanted Wood, up the Faraway Tree, or with the Famous Five… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
I am such a reclusive person that, literally, when I am done shooting, at some level I sort of disassociate myself, and… — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Yet he had expended much of an inquisitive nature upon random reading. By the sheer force of indiscriminate voracity, he had gleaned… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“ 'You're there, but the books draw you in to whole other worlds. I mean, I know you study more serious things… — Caethes Faron Copy Share Image
I find that reading is a super important habit. It's one of the best ways to get centered, to find a new… — Jay Shetty Copy Share Image
I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What… — Antonia Fraser Copy Share Image
“Of course, you cannot just blurt out a quote whenever you feel like it. For a quote to have the desired effect,… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
I grew up in an age where I loved going and buying a physical record. Things that were digital and all that… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
America is a bottom-up society, where new trends and ideas begin in cities and local communities...My colleagues and I have studied this… — John Naisbitt Copy Share Image
I read rip-and-read news, but I wasn't a reporter. I was reading the wire, and the other thing was, I was reading… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
I got into reading a lot of noir and a lot of thrillers as well, and I really admired the plotting about… — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stories about the American… — Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr Copy Share Image
Invariably it turns out to be who you've been reading in the last couple of weeks, and two hours or two days… — Robert Asprin Copy Share Image
Think about the books that you were reading at a certain crisis in your life, what you were reading, and that's because… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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