Book Quote by Angela Carter

“..reading a book doesn’t mean just turning the pages. It means thinking about it, identifying parts that you want to go back to, asking…

— Noam Chomsky

I tend to think of the reading of any book as preparation for the next reading of it. There are always intervening books or…

— Marilynne Robinson

Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not…

— Gioconda Belli

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

— Angela Carter

A book brings its own history to the reader.

— Alberto Manguel

Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh.…

— Karin Slaughter

Reading is like travel, allowing you to exit your own life for a bit, and to come back with a renewed, even inspired, perspective.

— Laurie Helgoe

Learning from books is so empowering - whether it be from history, a novel or a poem. When you come away from reading having…

— Lisa Lucas

When we learn to read, it's a real product of civilization and a civilized society. It affects your brain. It affects the way you…

— Jeanette Winterson

Reading allows us to learn, see, do things that we could never have done with our own knowledge.

— Eric Thomas

Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of…

— Cynthia Heimel

Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint…

— Paul Theroux