Books Quote by Carl M. Tomlinson

“I remember a lecture from one of my lit classes about a theory called "Reader Response", which basically says: More often than not, it's…

— Kelly Corrigan

“Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else’s thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person’s vantage point.…

— Steven Pinker

“Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged (or intense) exposure of…

— Harold Brodkey

“What is reading, in the last analysis, but an interchange of thought between writer and reader? If the book enters the reader's mind just…

— Edith Wharton

“Reading is a way of disciplining our minds, and it is also one of the most efficient means of mental escape.”

— Andrew Piper

“Reading is how we learn to attach ourselves to ourselves, and to others, and to the world: reading inhabits us with the tendrils of…

— Rick Gekoski

“Reading entails empathy, a sort of “trying on” of being another person for a while.”

— Tat Wood

“In The Woman Reader Kate Flint argues that "the study of reading...involves examining a fulcrum: the meeting-place of discourses of subjectivity and socialization." Reading…

— Ann Romines

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 gives one something to think about other than one's self.

— Tom Bissell

“Reading is a technology for perspective-taking.”

— Steven Pinker

“Reading is an activity that not only expands the mind but also enhances the soul and cultivates ones character.”

— Anonymous