Reader Quotes

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The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time… — Michael Chabon
I would go out into the desert. The desert was my teacher. I didn't know about gurus and wise people-I wasn't a reader. — Byron Katie
Not that I had any special reason for hating school. Strange as it may seem to my readers, I was not unpopular there. I was… — Max Beerbohm
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader. — Sarah Fielding
Fairy tales are experienced by their hearers and readers, not as realistic, but as symbolic poetry. — Max Luthi
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I… — Paul Krugman
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs. — David Low
Based on personal experience and not just on theory, Prayerwalk, offers readers practical insights on how to get up, get moving, and get praying. The… — Robin Jones Gunn
I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it's too easy to write about my last trick or something. It's not very interesting to the… — Thom Gunn
Some men are one thing on the surface and another underneath. The true poet shows not just the exterior of his subject, but all the… — Steven Saylor
Im like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture. — Steven Saylor
Libraries made me - as a reader, as a writer, and as a human being. — Laurie R. King
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. — Leon Uris
I was quite a reader before I became a writer. — Tom T. Hall
Each of the essays in this volume ranges widely across technical and philosophical domains. They examine both familiar automatons from throughout history and delight us… — Rodney Brooks
A cop told me, a long time ago, that thereâ€™s no substitute for knowing what youâ€™re doing. Most of us scribblers do not. The ones… — George V. Higgins
Poems infatuated with their own smarts and detached from any emotional grounding can leave the reader feeling lonely, empty and ashamed for having expected more.… — Tracy K. Smith
The real tight interface is between the book and the reader-the world of the book is plugged right into your brain, never mind the [virtual… — Bill McKibben
A book is a human fact; a great book like Seraphita gathers together numerous psychological elements. These elements become coherent through a sort of psychological… — Gaston Bachelard
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and Arabia to the… — Edith Hall

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