Atmosphere Quote by Anonymous

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I…

— Winston Churchill

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I don't think I've ever read an old book through from start to finish. Not after more than six months after writing it, that…

— Nicholas Mosley

“It’s tempting to see books the way we see gadgets: that we need the very latest, most up-to-date version. But just because a novel…

— Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin

I have big plans to read books over again, but I've never re-read anything. The only books I've read over again are the books…

— Taylor Goldsmith

If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.

— Anatole Broyard

“What are we after when we open one of those books? What is it that makes a classic a classic? ... in old-fashioned terms,…

— Rudolf Flesch

When a new book appears one should read an old one.

— Winston Churchill

I re-read a lot of books that I like a lot. There are some books that I try to reread every couple of years.…

— Alan Lightman

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly…

— Elizabeth Strout

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.

— Thomas Carlyle

Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. But if he must read…

— Anonymous