“When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation." [As attributed by Alastair Reid in Neruda… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Real reading is reflex action; the born reader reads as unconsciously as he breathes; and, to carry the analogy a degree farther,… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
I like reading, free diving and hiking. But my favorite thing to do is travel anywhere in Greece. I love everything about… — Max Irons Copy Share Image
Poetry is all I write, whether for books or readings or for the National Theatre or for the opera house and concert… — Tony Harrison Copy Share Image
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I wake up in the morning and I turn that film on, it's like reading a book and it's exciting. I… — Les Miles Copy Share Image
Reading aloud could be humiliating, I was shy about doing it. Bear in mind I failed my English GCSE and A levels,… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
“I don't mind nothing happening in a book, but nothing happening in a phony way--characters saying things people never say, doing jobs… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among leaders of whole… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Only in some very special cases is comprehension the point of reading--in things like recipes and "reading material." The point of reading… — Richard Mitchell Copy Share Image
I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't stay mad very long. I get grumpy when I read a bad review. I say, 'How could he say that… — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
The same plasticity that allows us to form a reading circuit to begin with, and short-circuit the development of deep reading if… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
“The important thing is not so much to read fast, as to read each book at the speed it deserves. It is… — Jacques Bonnet Copy Share Image
“Why should sinners prosper and sins suffer? It is ignorant; don't think that the poorer you are the quicker you will see… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“Literature has the ability to open up a whole new world to children, but we need to have a share in helping… — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
“For years I have been coming to this library, and I explore it volume by volume, shelf by shelf, but I could… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
If we finished our work, the teacher would say, 'Now don't read ahead.' But sometimes I hid the book I was reading… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
Even the poor student studies and is taught only political economy, while that economy of living which is synonymous with philosophy is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time in the dead of winter in the Dakota Territory, Theodore Roosevelt took off in a makeshift boat down… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Look at what is average in your area, your industry, and your company and then be better. That could be as simple… — Michael Gerber Copy Share Image
Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I did worry about being in a science-fiction show. The bits that I was reading, I felt were funny, and I felt… — James Callis Copy Share Image
“...Orlando, to whom fortune had given every gift--plate, linen, houses, men-servants, carpets, beds in profusion--had only to open a book for the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell if anyone's interested in reading a serialized story. But it's interesting to put in a cliffhanger each week.… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
To travel best requires some time preparing for your visit to a particular location - that you don't travel anywhere without spending… — Arthur Frommer Copy Share Image
There are many great writers out there and, actually, great scripts. The problem is - and this is what I've always felt,… — Paul Rudd Copy Share Image
One of the most astonishing things about Jesus is that as God he actually chose to come into our fallen, sick, twisted,… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
Your call will become clear as as your mind is transformed by the reading of Scripture and the internal work of God's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of a sudden I got a vision of Guernica - Pablo Picasso's painting, which is one of my all-time favorite paintings… — Beth Grant Copy Share Image
We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world. And today, our younger students have earned the highest math… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When a child speaks of a past life memory, the effects ripple far. At the center is the child, who is directly… — Carol Bowman Copy Share Image
“In your roughest time, when everything looks so cloudy and deserted, don't look to man, don't look to a woman, don't look… — Patience Johnson Copy Share Image
“And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much. It was like… — Emily Maguire Copy Share Image
If every parent understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every… — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
My environmentalism reared its head around the age of ten when I inexplicably become obsessed with littering. For some reason I considered… — Laurie David Copy Share Image
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
The fans [of Vampire diaries] that we have now are the people who will watch it any day of the week. So,… — Caroline Dries Copy Share Image
![“When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation." [As attributed by Alastair Reid in Neruda and Borges , The New Yorker, June 24, 1996; as well as in The Talk of the Town , The New Yorker, July 7, 1986]” quote by Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/jorge-luis-borges-275_books_when-writers-die-they-become-books-which_1235779.jpg)
![“The fans [of Vampire diaries] that we have now are the people who will watch it any day of the week. So, my first instinct was a little bit of an ego tap, but the second I processed it, I was fine. The only weird thing will be maybe not having as many people live tweeting because they're actually…” quote by Caroline Dries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/caroline-dries-62737_bits_the-fans-of-vampire-diaries-that-we-have_2077356.jpg)
