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To read Helen Macdonald's memoir, H Is for Hawk, is to feel as though Emily Bronte just turned up at your door, trailing all the… — Maureen Corrigan
I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet. — Greg Brown
Brooke Berman's voice is utterly distinct, and her book, detailing her nomadic artist's journey toward both a successful playwriting career and a home of her… — Maria Dahvana Headley
So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive nodes, and there… — Terry Pratchett
I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody. — Robert Frost
What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again! — Caroline B. Cooney
If you plan to read one book this year I encourage you to consider, Find Your Reason to Be Here. — Jed Diamond
Well, it would have to be “The Man Who Was Thursday.” It’s a damn good read that I believe should be read by everyone in… — Terry Pratchett
When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made… — Michael Eisner
My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of… — Ralph Lauren
To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American dream,… — Monica Drake
We need to repent of our sin for not loving our children. Spend some time in repentance and read God’s Word and reading books about… — Carolyn Mahaney
I'm not a Wall Street expert, but I can read the papers. — Mickey Kaus
I'm just writing a story that I want to read. — Jean M. Auel
I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books… — Jean M. Auel
I believe the structure of 'House of Leaves' is far more difficult to explain than it is to read. And while I'd like to lay… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Of course you have an e-mail, you idiot, just read it! — Chris Jericho
If you are going to write, say, fantasy - stop reading fantasy. You've already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read… — Terry Pratchett
I read, therefore I'm interested in writers. — Philip Kaufman
Looking back now I realise that the worst things that happened to me were the best things in disguise - I just didn’t know how… — Jan Hellriegel
The planet is ill, everyone knows that. But I need to be optimistic, otherwise I would just be adding to the negativity. So every night… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
I've read that it's the smell some carnivores use to find their prey. Imagine the trembling victim trying to hide, but knowing that the smell… — Jo Nesbo
A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must… — Henry David Thoreau
He who cannot read is worse than deaf and blind, is yet but half alive, is still-born. — Henry David Thoreau
Books of natural history make the most cheerful winter reading. I read in Audubon with a thrill of delight, when the snow covers the ground,… — Henry David Thoreau

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