“To prohibit the reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.” — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
Reading is not an operation performed on something inert but a relationship entered into with another vital being. — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
“As a man of 65, I prefer tea, which takes longer to prepare, and take even longer to taste it.” — Lin Hwai-min Copy Share Image
“I think only bookworms understand the kind of power stories can have on a person” — Cassie Mae Copy Share Image
“Every time I have a bad day, I'll just find a corner, bring out my book and then everything starts to feel… — Wency June Z. Libot Copy Share Image
One of my favorite times was sitting reading quote books, which I did for hours on end. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
My parents tolerated me reading comics because they knew I was also reading 'proper' books, too. — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that… — Joshuah Bearman Copy Share Image
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage… — LeVar Burton Copy Share Image
I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive. — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
Writing that's native to the web is different in ways that are crucial but subtle enough that you can miss them if… — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
You know what I find most shocking about the Vel'd'Hiv?" Guillaume said. "Its code name." I knew the answer to that, thanks… — Tatiana de Rosnay Copy Share Image
[I] browsed far outside science in my reading and attended public lectures - Bertrand Russell, H. G. Wells, Huxley, and Shaw being… — Raymond Cattell Copy Share Image
No one on earth is so boring and insignificant that he or she is not worth writing or reading about...One thing's for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my… — Eleanor Catton 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 at least twenty minutes she handed out the story. The youngest kids were soothed by her voice, and everyone else saw… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Why do you think I'm reading this? But you know—though maybe you have different standards for what constitutes 'interesting' than I do—there's… — Natsuhiko Kyogoku Copy Share Image
I hated the culture, I hated the work. I very quickly realized that this wasn't what I wanted to do. So, after… — Sharif Abdel Kouddous Copy Share Image
All the information in the universe, plus several bits from other dimensions that I'm still trying to sort out, have just been… — R. U. Sirius Copy Share Image
I think people tend to forget that as celebrities we are still human. We have the same emotions - we cry, we… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
“The skill, the art of literacy is a gift. To read is to watch in your mind as a single word explodes… — Stephen Cosgrove Copy Share Image
I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
“Our own lives are filled with experiences and beliefs that are peculiar to our culture, and would seem bizarre to anyone outside… — Darren Oldridge Copy Share Image