--- title: "4 Reading Tell Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Reading Tell quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Reading Tell sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/christopher-boucher-54355_books_so-go-ahead-do-it-open-the-book-see-you_1368828.jpg" --- > [“So go ahead. Do it—open the book. See? You see me, right? And I see you. See? I am reading your face,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-boucher/so-go-ahead-do-it-open-the-book-see-you-see-me-right-and-i-see-you/) [Christopher Boucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-boucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/christopher-boucher-54355_books_so-go-ahead-do-it-open-the-book-see-you_1368828.jpg) > [I always say that, to me, it starts with reading. This is something I tell high school kids, college kids, people trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-posnanski/i-always-say-that-to-me-it-starts-with-reading-this-is-something-i/) [Joe Posnanski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-posnanski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/joe-posnanski-36944_books_i-always-say-that-to-me-it-starts-with-r_1532436.jpg) > [I read a lot, very passionately, from the time I was very young, but it was a constant battle; my mother would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-barrett/i-read-a-lot-very-passionately-from-the-time-i-was-very-young-but-it/) [Andrea Barrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-barrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/andrea-barrett-19011_battle_i-read-a-lot-very-passionately-from-the_1658029.png) > [“How to read this book: Even after I was told my father was dead, I believed (I still believe) that I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-boucher/how-to-read-this-book-even-after-i-was-told-my-father-was-dead-i/) [Christopher Boucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-boucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/christopher-boucher-54355_book_how-to-read-this-book-even-after-i-was-t_1982016.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reading-tell/#itemlist", "name": "Reading Tell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So go ahead. Do it—open the book. See? You see me, right? And I see you. See? I am reading your face, your eyes, your lips. I know the sufferdust on your brow. I can see you reading and I can tell, too, when you are here, when you’re absent, what you’ve read and how it affects you. There is no more hiding. I see your chords—your fractures, your cold gifts, where and when you’ve hurt people and why. 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Sure, the book turns on, lights up; its fans whirr and the bookengine crunches. But some of the pages are completely blank; others hang by a thread. the book’s transmission is shot, too, so don’t’ be surprised if the book slips from one version to the next as you’re reading .Finally, the thermostat’s misked, so you should expect sudden changes in temperature, the pages might get cold, or it may begin to snow between paragraphs, or you may turn the page and get hit with a faceful of rain or blinding beams of sunlight. So go ahead. Do it-open the book. See? You see me, right? And I see you. See? I am reading your face, your eyes, your lips. I know the sufferdust on your brow. I can see you reading, and I can tell, too, when you are here, when you are absent, what you’ve read and how it affects you. There is no more hiding. 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