I Read Quotes

1362 I Read quotes by 1094 unique authors

A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor) — Edgar Allan Poe
I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of… — Jane Austen
Overslept and had to race to get a life to Jas’s with my dad. No time for yoga or makeup. Oh well, I’ll start tomorrow.… — Louise Rennison
(Joan,1941) She wrote me a letter asking,"How can I read it?,Its so hard." I told her to start at the beginning and read as far… — Richard P. Feynman
I already read everything. I read poems and plays and novels and newspapers and comic books and magazines. I read tins in supermarkets and leaflets… — Janice Galloway
Sweet moonlight, shining full and clear, Why do you light my torture here? How often have you seen me toil, Burning last drops of midnight… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245) — Nicole Krauss
I remember," she said. "Lawrence Malley. He was an expert in security systems." "Aka Lightfinger Larry." Dan grinned. "He was also wanted in five states."… — Judy Blundell
Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the… — Pat Conroy
We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals… — Ned Vizzini
The girl behind the scrawled letters. I loved you from the moment I read them. I love you still.” - Will Herondale — Cassandra Clare
Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing… — Christopher Hitchens
I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing, I… — Paulo Coelho
I found Esau’s field guide at the bottom of my pack. Taking a candle into the bedroom, I read his book until my eyes grew… — Maria V. Snyder
It is not easy to explain how I felt while I read, but I will try. No doubt you, as a reader, will understand. It… — Tatiana de Rosnay
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded… — Neil Gaiman
What's your favorite book? "The last one I read. — Stephen Chbosky
I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read. — William Trevor
Are you reading?" I say. It's not that I don't think Finn can read or anything, but it's just - well, not what I expected… — Elizabeth Scott
I read and am liberated. I acquire objectivity. I cease being myself and so scattered. And what I read, instead of being like a nearly… — Fernando Pessoa
I read because one of these days I'm going to get out of this town, and I'm going to go everywhere and meet everybody, and… — Richard Peck
Reading was like an addiction; I read while I ate, on the train, in bed until late at night, in school, where I'd keep the… — Haruki Murakami
School did give me one of the greatest gifts of my life, though. I learned how to read, and for that I remain thankful. I… — Craig Ferguson
Each time I read a book, I cataloged the parts that struck me dumb with envy and admiration for their beauty and power and truth. — Jack Gantos
It's no good. I've been trying to sleep for the last half-hour, and I can't. Writing here is a sort of drug. It's the only… — John Fowles

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