But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a plate, nothing has to be worked at, they just spoon-feed you. The picture, the sound, the scenery, the… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“¨3. El derecho a no terminar un libro ¿El libro se nos cae de las manos? Que se caiga. La gran novela que se… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved. — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there's no need to talk,… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of… — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
“La vita non è un romanzo, lo so... lo so. Ma solo lo spirito del romanzo può renderla vivibile.” — Daniel Pennac Copy Share Image
