Reader Quotes

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It is possible to argue that the really influential book is not that which converts ten millions of casual readers, but rather that which converts… — Aldous Huxley
Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only… — C.S. Lewis
Anyway -- because we are readers, we don't have to wait for some communications executive to decide what we should think about next -- and… — Kurt Vonnegut
I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but… — Mark Twain
The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never… — Judy Blume
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Once, in my father's bookshop, I heard a regular customer say that few things leave a deeper mark on a reader than the first book… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
At one magical instant in your early childhood, the page of a bookâ€”that string of confused, alien ciphersâ€”shivered into meaning. Words spoke to you, gave… — Alberto Manguel
A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her… — Ian Mcewan
After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors… — Jasper Fforde
Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest possible… — John Ruskin
Women are books, and men the readers be... — Benjamin Franklin
Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, â€˜No, Iâ€™m not interested.â€™ I believe… — Paulo Coelho
Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is a… — Sara Nelson
My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. — Gene Wolfe
My main disappointment was always that a book had to end. And then what? But I don't think I was ever disappointed by the books.… — Eudora Welty
Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right… — Daniel Pennac
More than this, I believe that the only lastingly important form of writing is writing for children. It is writing that is carried in the… — Sonya Hartnett

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