Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Thanks for being the kind of person who likes to pick up a book. That's a genuinely great thing. I met a… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
But what I really long to know you do not tell either: what you feel, although I've given you hints by the… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had… — Barbara Corcoran Copy Share Image
“Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own." [ The Sick Chamber ( The… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Reading is like cooking. It can take hours to prepare, and then the meal is over in minutes. Good, that means you’ve… — Gabe Berman Copy Share Image
“Books feel more intimate. And the people who go out of their way to read your writings, are initially more open to… — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the most wonderful… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
“When a poet settled down to write a poem, could he foresee the lines he would write? Did his head constantly spin… — Alysha Speer Copy Share Image
“Without a doubt, I must read, all the books I've read about. See the artworks hung on hooks, that I have only,… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
“How can you be happy in this world? You have a hole in your heart. You have a gateway inside you to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A Pennsylvania woman convicted for shoplifting was sentenced to wear a badge that reads "Convicted Shoplifter." However, her lawyers hope to plea… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Reading, at the deepest level, is a physical experience. Most people are not attuned to this, most people don't learn how to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
From numberless books the fluttering reader, idle and inconstant, bears away the bloom that only clings to the outer leaf; but genius… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do readings and people can’t stop laughing, but I’m reading about pretty tragic things. I think Soviet humor is a… — Alina Bronsky Copy Share Image
The implications are clear: Facebook wants to build an Internet where watching films, listening to music, reading books and even browsing is… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
Successful tape reading is a study of Force; it requires ability to judge which side has the greatest pulling power and one… — Richard Wyckoff Copy Share Image
“Someone has said of books that they are our 'amplest heritages' of thought, and so they are. That doesn't necessarily mean that… — Mary Virginia Provines Copy Share Image
'In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but how… — Andrew Guzaldo Copy Share Image
This is much more than your typical thriller. Tim Johnston has written a book that makes Gone Girl seem gimmicky . .… — Alan Cheuse Copy Share Image
It used to take me forever to read and comprehend stuff, so I decided not to make the 'Captain Underpants' books too… — Dav Pilkey Copy Share Image
Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading. — Isidore of Seville Copy Share Image
