...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too. — Arthur Ransome Copy Share Image
“They will need you to put the right books in their hands, book in which they can lose themselves and books in… — Kylene Beers & Robert E. Probst Copy Share Image
I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“I have my own e-reader, but I hardly ever use it. I need to fold down pages and flag passages with sticky… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“It is just as honorable. . .to dig in the dirt as to dig into books. The mind can do its best… — William Warren Prescott Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a book that appeared dull or off-putting would somehow still draw you in, call to you, and when you finally embarked… — Liam W. Russell Copy Share Image
As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
When Mats came in the evenings, they would drink tea in the kitchen while reading their books and talking about them. If… — Tove Jansson Copy Share Image
“like your mouth has the gift of reading and i’m your favorite book. find your favorite page in the soft spot between… — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
I was the nerd. Because I was reading. I wasn't into sports. I was really into art. Very geekish about comics. Assumed… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Every man has one thing he can do better than anyone else--and usually it's reading his own handwriting. — J. Norman Collie Copy Share Image
In the course of a life devoted less to living than to reading, I have verified many times that literary intentions and… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a man thinks he is reading the character of another, he is often unconsciously betraying his own. — Joseph P. Farrell Copy Share Image
“For those who are afflicted with book lust, those for whom reading is more than information or escape, the road to our… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
“Before every elementary school classroom had a 'Drop Everything and Read' period, before parents and educators agonized more about children being glued… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
“What's a horizon?' Lazlo asked, straight-faced. 'Is it like the end of an aisle of books?” — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm never the kind of person who's sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even… — Pink Copy Share Image
“I remember the first year after my second child was born, what I can remember of it at all, as a year… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I want you to be afraid to turn the page (and to do that) you need to show right from the beginning… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Just as pilots gain practice with flight simulators, people might acquire social experience by reading fiction.” — Raymond A. Mar Copy Share Image
“Responding to the claim that not just reading but "high culture" in general is morally improving, Terry Eagleton points out that, during… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
In many cases, ignorance is a good thing : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads… — Jean-Henri Fabre Copy Share Image
Probably the single most commen response I get from my readesr, be it through e-mails or letters, is that they did not… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“This book has awoken something in me. I don't know what it is, but it feels good.” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
I like to get off my phone because when I sit with my phone, I don't feel creative cos I'm just sitting… — Nina Nesbitt Copy Share Image
There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation. — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
Yeah, that came out of a reading. It was great. It's such a fun crew to be with, and we all went… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
P.S. Nothing personal, but I think this journal assignment is a waste of time. I know I have to do something to… — Kate Klise Copy Share Image
“Armanoush had a feeling that beneath Auntie Varsenig's constant objection to her reading lay a more structural, if not primordial, concern: a… — Elif Shafak 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
Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book… — Marcia Gay Harden Copy Share Image
Unless i'm reading an assignment or doing a paper or taking a test, i'm thinking about you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Usually when I enter a bookstore, I feel immediately calm. Bookstores are, for me, what churches are for other people. My breath… — Laurie Horowitz Copy Share Image
