Books Quote by Ben Yagoda

“Distrust the book which reads too easily because such writing appeals more to the senses than to the intellect. Hard reading exercises the mind.”

— John P. Marquand

“As for reading, I doubt whether she did much better by the sea-side than she had done in the town. Men and women say…

— Anthony Trollope

“As the chapters took shape, a change came over her. It was the double-sided recognition that this book, the last that she would write,…

— Frederick Weisel

“And as is often the case, the people who would benefit the most from reading a book like this are the ones least likely…

— Susan C. Young

“A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“The ultimate function of a book, however, is to be read, not to be looked or picked at.”

— Danis Rose and John O'Hanlon. Afterword to The Restored Finnegans Wake

“...she ventured to recommend a larger allowance of prose in his daily study; and on being requested to particularise, mentioned such works by our…

— Jane Austen

“She has a bookshelf for a heart, and ink runs through her veins, she’ll write you into her story with the typewriter in her…

— E.H

“She liked getting hold of some book... and keeping it to herself, and gnawing its contents in privacy, and pondering the meaning without sharing…

— Virginia Woolf

“If I can make a difference to some readers and help them to escape from some pains of unforgiveness and emotional misery by thumbing…

— Roger Macdonald Andrew

“Reading, as it turned out, is the easy part. Finding a good book is the real challenge. It's a crapshoot. It's like trying to…

— Doug Robinson

“At the sight of a good book, you just can't walk away but to claim and read it.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita