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title: "39 Things Read Quotes by 37 authors"
description: "Browse 39 Things Read quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best Things Read sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It was a tricky quality that suggested, well, magic and things read in books,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/it-was-a-tricky-quality-that-suggested-well-magic-and-things-read-in/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-saylor/on-an-average-day-i-have-two-things-to-read-in-my-purse-a-book-and-a/)

[Morgan Saylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-saylor/)

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> [I read many things. I read to fill in my knowledge of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-s-naipaul/i-read-many-things-i-read-to-fill-in-my-knowledge-of-the-world/)

[V. S. Naipaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-s-naipaul/)

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> [“The things you read will fashion you by slowly conditioning your mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-w-tozer/the-things-you-read-will-fashion-you-by-slowly-conditioning-your-mind/)

[A.W. Tozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-w-tozer/)

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> [A lot of things can be read more shady than they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eva-marcille/a-lot-of-things-can-be-read-more-shady-than-they-are/)

[Eva Marcille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eva-marcille/)

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> [I've got better things to do than read rubbish about myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dylan-moran/i-ve-got-better-things-to-do-than-read-rubbish-about-myself/)

[Dylan Moran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dylan-moran/)

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> [“We practical men like to see things, not to read about them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/we-practical-men-like-to-see-things-not-to-read-about-them/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Signatures of all things I am here to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/signatures-of-all-things-i-am-here-to-read/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/ineluctable-modality-of-the-visible-at-least-that-if-no-more-thought-4/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [A book is like carrying a garden in your pocket. It always is full of life, new smells, and new things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curly/a-book-is-like-carrying-a-garden-in-your-pocket-it-always-is-full-of/)

[Curly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curly/)

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> [“Because all books are forbidden when a country turns to terror. The scaffolds on the corners, the list of things you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-gregory/because-all-books-are-forbidden-when-a-country-turns-to-terror-the/)

[Philippa Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-gregory/)

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> [Talking over the things which you have read with your companions fixes them on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-watts/talking-over-the-things-which-you-have-read-with-your-companions/)

[Isaac Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-watts/)

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> [Across the world, on your phone, everybody gets the same list of things to read, listen to, and watch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-i-a/across-the-world-on-your-phone-everybody-gets-the-same-list-of-things/)

[M.I.A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-i-a/)

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> [It's fun for me to be with someone who loves reading as much as I do, because he'll give me things to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-kazan/it-s-fun-for-me-to-be-with-someone-who-loves-reading-as-much-as-i-do/)

[Zoe Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-kazan/)

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> [“his education had had the curious effect of making things that he read and wrote more real to him than things he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/his-education-had-had-the-curious-effect-of-making-things-that-he/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-astin/poe-was-a-student-of-many-things-and-among-those-things-he-read-and/)

[John Astin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-astin/)

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> [I look for interesting titles that are curious and make people think. A lot of people are always so caught up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-sharma/i-look-for-interesting-titles-that-are-curious-and-make-people-think/)

[Robin Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-sharma/)

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> [It's not important - it's not necessary that you read everything. What is necessary is that you care about things that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hirsch/it-s-not-important-it-s-not-necessary-that-you-read-everything-what/)

[Edward Hirsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hirsch/)

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> [“Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-joyce/ineluctable-modality-of-the-visible-at-least-that-if-no-more-thought-3/)

[James Joyce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-joyce/)

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> [It amazes me when I talk to people in their early 20s and they've never read the classics, things we read as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/it-amazes-me-when-i-talk-to-people-in-their-early-20s-and-they-ve/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [Some of the things you read you get an immediate reaction to so I've stopped reading things now. I do worry about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-crowe/some-of-the-things-you-read-you-get-an-immediate-reaction-to-so-i-ve/)

[Russell Crowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-crowe/)

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> [“In fact, to the best of my knowledge, the only things he ever read growing up were pornographic comic books (we used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-archer/in-fact-to-the-best-of-my-knowledge-the-only-things-he-ever-read/)

[Sterling Archer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-archer/)

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> [She wondered if literature might lose some of its interest when she reached an age or state of mind where her life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-frazier/she-wondered-if-literature-might-lose-some-of-its-interest-when-she/)

[Charles Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-frazier/)

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> [I don't know about a lot of things. I read a lot, but a lot of it just passes through me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-callahan/i-don-t-know-about-a-lot-of-things-i-read-a-lot-but-a-lot-of-it-just/)

[Bill Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-callahan/)

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> [I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-often-carry-things-to-read-so-that-i-will-not-have-to-look-at-the/)

[Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/)

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> [I get ideas for my books from people I know and what happens to them, from places I've been and what happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-l-konigsburg/i-get-ideas-for-my-books-from-people-i-know-and-what-happens-to-them/)

[E. L. Konigsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-l-konigsburg/)

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> [There's not much point in getting any heavier... there's too many things to read and look at.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/there-s-not-much-point-in-getting-any-heavier-there-s-too-many-things/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

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> [“words are powerful and dangerous things … all those who read are searching — they seek to fill the empty portions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shae-ford/words-are-powerful-and-dangerous-things-all-those-who-read-are/)

[Shae Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shae-ford/)

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> [I longed to read everything I possibly could, and the things I read in turn produced new yearnings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/i-longed-to-read-everything-i-possibly-could-and-the-things-i-read-in/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [“A bastard had to learn to notice things, to read the truth that people hid behind their eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin/a-bastard-had-to-learn-to-notice-things-to-read-the-truth-that-people/)

[George R.R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin/)

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> [I have people that I'm close to that give me things to read throughout the season, and in particular in the playoffs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-fisher/i-have-people-that-i-m-close-to-that-give-me-things-to-read/)

[Derek Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-fisher/)

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> [I think some of the most important things we read about other people occurs from being able to read their faces and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-cardellini/i-think-some-of-the-most-important-things-we-read-about-other-people/)

[Linda Cardellini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-cardellini/)

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> [I have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darrell-issa/i-have-an-i-q-of-100-plus-a-little-bit-i-have-to-work-real-hard-to/)

[Darrell Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darrell-issa/)

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> [“I learned a long time ago that the two things that most impact our lives are the people we spend our time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-gongwer/i-learned-a-long-time-ago-that-the-two-things-that-most-impact-our/)

[Todd Gongwer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-gongwer/)

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> [I'm trying to find out what's actually true, which is nearly always something, if not a world of things, that you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-finnegan/i-m-trying-to-find-out-what-s-actually-true-which-is-nearly-always/)

[William Finnegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-finnegan/)

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> [A lot of the times you read something and you don't realize that you are going to have to do the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-ferrell/a-lot-of-the-times-you-read-something-and-you-don-t-realize-that-you/)

[Will Ferrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-ferrell/)

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> [The only things I read are gossip columns. If I read three pages of a book, I'm out like a light. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-merman/the-only-things-i-read-are-gossip-columns-if-i-read-three-pages-of-a/)

[Ethel Merman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-merman/)

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> [I read a lot and some of the things I read are blaxploitation books, things by Donald Goines or Iceberg Slim. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/too-short/i-read-a-lot-and-some-of-the-things-i-read-are-blaxploitation-books/)

[Too Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/too-short/)

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> [I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norton-juster/i-remember-when-i-was-a-kid-in-school-and-teachers-would-explain/)

[Norton Juster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norton-juster/)

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