I always loved reading. Growing up, my favorite book was 'A Child's Garden of Verses,' by Robert Louis Stevenson. — Francine Pascal Copy Share Image
My only passions were books and music. As you might guess, I led a lonely life… Not that I knew what I… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Do you have any old copies of Dickens? Bookseller: We've got a copy of David Copperfield from 1850 for $150. Customer: Why… — Jen Campbell Copy Share Image
I love reading all the mythological stories. I was brought up on them. — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
Congress' passing of the omnibus spending bill without reading it shows more than anything why they can't be trusted. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I seem to have three categories of readers. The first is nonbelievers who are glad that I am reading the Bible so… — David Plotz Copy Share Image
I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn't understand why. I thought, what… — Jewel Copy Share Image
...for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family, and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Bible is an inexhaustible fountain of all truths. The existence of the Bible is the greatest blessing which humanity ever experienced.… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
The primary purpose of reading the Bible is not to know the Bible but to know God. — James Merritt Copy Share Image
“even if our entire audiovisual legacy were to be lost in a power cut, we would still be able to read books… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Basically, I learned to read by reading 'Peanuts,' just wanting to know what they were saying. — Stephan Pastis 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
“When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again. -… — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Along with reading as much as I could about Andy, several of the real folks came in besides Andy [Hertzfeld] - Joanna… — Michael Stuhlbarg Copy Share Image
Honestly, I think I have this narcolepsy thing with reading. I fall asleep when I'm reading. So, if I stay awake to… — Emily Hampshire Copy Share Image
When I was growing up I spent a lot of time at the Boys and Girls Club so I try to partner… — Harrison Barnes Copy Share Image
I love melodrama. I love the simple fact. When you read Euripides he's a page turner. It's like reading a Mexican comic… — Guy Maddin Copy Share Image
“Is your wife the devil? That is the reason the bible says we should cast out devil. Is your husband the devil?… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“You are one of us, one of those who knows without knowing, and one who will live and die in dreams that… — Mary-Jean Harris Copy Share Image
I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books. — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. — Robert Byrne Copy Share Image
“People who can read and write expertly, as you can, are miracles and, in my opinion, entitle us to suspect we might… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Who shot you?" For a moment he looked annoyed. "I fail to see what that's got to do with anything. Reading assures… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
What makes me put pen to paper? You know, that's the million-dollar question. I've been writing since I've been reading. It's not… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
“It is better to read one intellectually challenging book every 12 months … than to read 12 entertaining books every month.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
It is time to return to close reading, to a serious and painstaking examination of an author's methods, of his style. Do… — Louis Aragon Copy Share Image