Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this… — Mark Ravenhill Copy Share Image
Usually when I put together a book like this Death-Ray hardcover or that Ghost World special edition, then I have to reread… — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great. — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
[People who have left the ISIS] say that there comes a moment when the inconsistencies and apparent hypocrisies of their sheikh lets… — Rukmini Maria Callimachi Copy Share Image
I'm always nervous about going home, just as I am nervous about rereading books that have meant a lot to me. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
So he lent her books. After all, one of life's best pleasures is reading a book of perfect beauty; more pleasurable still… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We possess the Canon because we are mortal and also rather belated. There is only so much time, and time must have… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Whenever one of us introduced an old favorite, we savored the other's first delight like a shared meal eaten with a newly… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
There were two kinds of students who liked the library: those who devoured one book after another and those who savored the… — Rachel Simon Copy Share Image
Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author's sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay. We… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
My husband was getting his sea legs-rereading Joseph Conrad with a side order of C S Forester. — Enid Nemy Copy Share Image
The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead. — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
Rereading a favorite novel first read 5, 10, or 20 years ago, is a measure of our travel, how far we've come;… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
I'm used to rereading e-mails, even, before sending them - a bit compulsive. So this is high speed roller coaster for me! — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
There's a paradox in rereading. You read the first time for rediscovery: an encounter with the confirming emotions. But you reread for… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The art (as opposed to the technology) of reading requires that you develop a beautiful tolerance for incomprehension. The greatest books are… — Michael Silverblatt Copy Share Image
Someone once said that middle age is like rereading a book that you haven't read since you were a callow youth. The… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
What a person loves at 20 may seem stupid at 35. That doesn't mean the book was stupid, it means that the… — Carl Deuker Copy Share Image
I would love to meet J.K. Rowling and tell her how much I admire her writing and am amazed by her imagination.… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image