Writer Quotes by Daniel Pennac

“Não se esforça a curiosidade, desperta-se”

— Daniel Pennac

“¨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

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

The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.

— Daniel Pennac

You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream.

— Daniel Pennac

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

— Daniel Pennac

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

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

“La vita non è un romanzo, lo so... lo so. Ma solo lo spirito del romanzo può renderla vivibile.”

— Daniel Pennac

“Amar é doarmos as nossas preferências àqueles que preferimos”

— Daniel Pennac

Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.

— Daniel Pennac

“O preço do Amor é o resgate da intimidade”

— Daniel Pennac

“Forced to think you end up coming to a conclusion.Forced to come to a conclusion you make a decision.And once you made the decision…

— Daniel Pennac

“Quando vado in giro per Belleville, a qualunque ora della giornata, ho sempre la sensazione di essermi perso in uno degli album di Clara”

— Daniel Pennac

“Since the dawn of education, the student considered as normal has been the student who puts up the least resistance to teaching, the one…

— Daniel Pennac