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Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A man who chooses not to read is just as ignorant as a man who cannot read.

— Mark Twain

Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.

— John Green

I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being

— LeVar Burton

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

— Anonymous

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

— Eric Thomas

Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction.

— David L. Ulin

Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.

— Walter Moers

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count…

— Bennett Cerf

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The whole point of reading is that the writer is speaking to you, and if you're not listening, you're not going to have any…

— Nick Hornby

Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.

— David Samuels