I Read Quotes
1362 I Read quotes by 1094 unique authors
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whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like.
— David Sedaris
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I read books, but I do it because I want to - because it's like an escape in my head, like being with you.
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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One night a friend lent me a book of short stories by Franz Kafka. I went back to the pension where I was staying and…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A little-known fact about me: I read all the time.
— Kami Garcia
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A little known fact: I read all the time. books were the one thing that got me out of Gatlin, even if it was only…
— Kami Garcia
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I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most amazing…
— Pat Murphy
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In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and…
— Hiromu Arakawa
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In general, I would think that at present prose writers are much in advance of the poets. In the old days, I read more poetry…
— William H. Gass
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I was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. I grew up in the projects. I never went anywhere. But I have lived a thousand lives and…
— George R. R. Martin
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However, when given the chance, many people choose cocaine over love. I wouldn’t say that’s a bad choice. The endorphins released during infatuation are similar…
— Pete Wentz
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When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know what I saw…
— Sophie Kinsella
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I was not scared of anything, when I read my book...
— Neil Gaiman
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I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribute no less…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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When I read these books, I no longer felt like I was confined to a very tiny world. I no longer felt housebound and bedbound.…
— Gavin Extence
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Sydney had been horrified to discover my home library consisted of a bartending dictionary and an old copy of Esquire, and at her pleading, I'd…
— Richelle Mead
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Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.'…
— Jim Rohn
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I try to make time for reading each night. In addition to the usual newspapers and magazines, I make it a priority to read at…
— Bill Gates
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When I read 'Be real, don't get caught acting,' I thought, 'How the hell do you do that?'.
— Billy Connolly
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Nowhere in Scripture do I read where we are to discuss hospice care with seniors so they're willing to get out of the way and…
— Jonathan Falwell
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I met Barack Obama, I read his book, I like him a great deal. I disagree with him on very fundamental issues.
— Mark McKinnon
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Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.
— Barton Seaver
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As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.
— Nathaniel Philbrick
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I…
— Tadashi Shoji
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Let me put it this way: when I read, I learned the world was not as small as my house. And that everybody in my…
— Terry McMillan
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Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted…
— Tavi Gevinson
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