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A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace. — J C Ryle
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a less respectable novelist… — Unknown Author
Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts — James Nicoll
To read was precisely to enter another world, which was not the reader's own, and come back refreshed, ready to bear with equanimity the injustices… — Susan Sontag
Read the Bible, read the Bible! Let no religious book take its place. Through all my perplexities and distresses, I seldom read any other book,… — William Wilberforce
Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards. — John Flavel
I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant… — Edward Tufte
No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these… — Carl Hiaasen
Libraries are where most of us really fall in love with books, where we can browse and choose on our own. Its really one of… — Unknown Author
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be ... The People cannot be safe without… — Thomas Jefferson
Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do math. They are… — David Elkind
The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out… — John Calvin
[As a young teenager] Galois read [Legendre's] geometry from cover to cover as easily as other boys read a pirate yarn. — Eric Temple Bell
If you want to know about Africa, read our literature - and not just 'Things Fall Apart,' because that would be like saying, 'I've read… — Chris Abani
If you read folklore and mythology, any kind of myths, any kind of tall tales, running is always associated with freedom and vitality and youthfulness… — Christopher McDougall
Someone gave me the Love Languages book, and that has been the best book I've ever read about relationships and has helped me the most. — Kristin Cavallari
It's okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn't give you the right to deny any sense they might… — Ashly Lorenzana
I breathed the book before I saw it; tasted the book before I read it. — Paul Harding
Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in… — Donald Ray Pollock
Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself. Enjoy the ever present game of knowing. — Hank Green

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