Books Quote by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Download Open image “I am a slow reader, and fast eater; I wish it were the other way around.” — Amy Krouse Rosenthal ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Reader Way Wish
I've never been a fast reader. I'm fickle; I don't finish books I start; I put a book aside for five, ten years and… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I'm the slowest reader in the world, because I perform it all in my head. — Honor Blackman Copy Share Image
I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book. — Dakota Blue Richards Copy Share Image
I love slow readers. And readers who think about what I've written, think about how it's written - and copy me! — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as a fast reader. I just read a lot. When someone else might think, 'I might do the dishes,'… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“Trying to read slowly when you haven't had time to read is like holding back hunger. It's like having a meal in front of… — Laura Hendrie Copy Share Image
“A friend sat next to a nun on a plane. He asked her what she missed most. "Wearing blue jeans," she replied.” — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
From the earliest age on, even as we toy with it, we instinctively know there is something mighty about the truth, that it is… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“To get a true sense of the book, I have to spend a few moments inside. I'll glance at the first couple pages, then… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“A good soup attracts chairs. This is an African proverb. I can hear the shuffling and squeaking on the wood floor, the gathering 'round.… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
At the end of life, at the end of YOUR life, what essence emerges? What have you filled the world with? In remembering you,… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
No one ever went to their deathbed saying, 'You know, I wish I'd eaten more rice cakes. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
Peace means no one is worried about anyone else's cookie...in this moment we are all quietly content with the cookies we have. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“My brother, who grew up with three sisters, was I won't say how many years old when he finally realized that he did not… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“On the occasions where we do have to participate, to do more than nothing, it is desirable to have a glass of wine to… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
“In most cases, it is more satisfying to get a friend's answering machine and leave a cheery, tangible trace of your sincere commitment to… — Amy Krouse Rosenthal Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
