It was long before I got at the maxim, that in reading an old mathematician you will not read his riddle unless… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
It often astonishes me that I did not see the importance of meditation upon Scripture earlier in my Christian life. As the… — George Muller Copy Share Image
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
“These programs and reading series are the fruit of an intellectually exhausted literacy industry that lost its way long ago, even as… — Mike Schmoker Copy Share Image
I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada with high school kids. These were the bright kids; they all have computers,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
We had entered an era of limitlessness, or the illusion thereof, and this in itself is a sort of wonder. My grandfather… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
If I write a paragraph and I don't get a certain lift from it, if I don't feel connected to it emotionally,… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
“I run my fingers down the spines of old books and ancient tales. I smell the ink and feel the pages as… — Liz Newman Copy Share Image
I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting,… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
There's a great feeling of relief when finishing a good book, but also a sadness. You get to know the characters so… — D Michael Hardy Copy Share Image
Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
The truth is that I hate to think about other people reading my books," Miranda said. "It's like watching someone go through… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I literally grew up reading the papers about my existence... that I was a love child. To a kid, it doesn't make… — Masaba Gupta Copy Share Image
Many messages are just thanking a stranger for a kindness...I love those ones, because I imagine everyone else reading them feels encouraged… — Sophie Blackall Copy Share Image
“The reader! You, dogged, uninsultable, print-oriented bastard, it's you I'm addressing, who else, from inside this monstrous fiction. You've read me this… — John Barth Copy Share Image
And you can't make a mistake when you are reading the Torah, so you have men standing around who will correct you… — Jami Gertz Copy Share Image
“I’m not. I just think you might be reading too much into a musical selection.” — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
“A rain forest springs from the droppings of animals and grows greater than any cultivated garden; likewise, a great mass of literary… — Agona Apell Copy Share Image
Ban poetry. And make sure that anyone caught reading it is expelled from school. Then it will acquire the glamour. — Clive James Copy Share Image
When it comes to writers, I'm a huge fan of Ian McEwan. I've never taken a writing course, but reading and deconstructing… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
Reading poetry and watching cricket were the sum of my world, and the two are not so far apart as many aesthetes… — Donald Bradman Copy Share Image
Philadelphia is the only city, where you can experience the thrill of victory and the agony of reading about it the next… — Mike Schmidt Copy Share Image
“It’s okay to dress up like another person, but never try to be someone else. Just try to be yourself, because that’s… — Jeff Hutchins Copy Share Image
Two opposing forces inhabit the poem: one of elevation or up-rooting, which pulls the word from the language: the other of gravity,… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
“Reading is a sage way to bump up against life. Reading may be an escape, but it is not an escape from… — Gladys Hunt Copy Share Image
A Nation of Outsiders is smart, insightful, and politically astute. Grace Hale's analysis of the 'romance of the outsider' is necessary reading… — Beth Bailey Copy Share Image
Was I being groomed for some special mission? What possible purpose could an existence like mine serve? When I wasn’t drinking in… — Heather King Copy Share Image
First, there was Confucius. Then, the sayings of Chairman Mao. And now the pithy, ironic, and humorous insights of Ai Weiwei. I… — Jerome A. Cohen Copy Share Image
Gandhi seldom taught with the help of books. He did not want to paralyse the pupils' intellect by loading it with book… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I used to have 20/20 vision, believe it or not; that's gone because of all the reading I did when I wasn't… — Hannah Kent Copy Share Image
I don't want to be in my car all day. I love getting up in the morning in Venice and walking my… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
Reading Mission to Paris is like sipping a fine Chateau Margaux: Sublime! — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Reading [Judd Apatow] book, about his background, I think there's a great similarity. What gives him the fire to work hard? He… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
The more fluent the experience of reading a quote - or the easier it is to grasp, the smoother it sounds, the… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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