Reader Quotes

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In reality, every reader is, while reading, the reader of his own self. — Marcel Proust
There are books in which the footnotes, or the comments scrawled by some reader's hand in the margin, are more interesting than the text. The… — George Santayana
Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel… — Brandon Sanderson
Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time. — E. M. Forster
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it. — Samuel Johnson
I suppose she chose me because she knew my name; as I read the alphabet a faint line appeared between her eyebrows, and after making… — Harper Lee
The true function of art is to criticize, embellish and edit natureâ€¦ the artist is a sort of impassioned proof-reader, blue penciling the bad spelling… — H. L. Mencken
When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is not on the… — Hermann Hesse
You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know… — Abigail Van Buren
Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through,… — Nick Hornby
Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers. — Harry S. Truman
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. — Epictetus
There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be… — Dorothy Parker
The central question is, is this guy right? Or is he mad? What do you, the reader, think about this? Which struck me as a… — Alan Moore
It seems priggish or pollyannaish to deny that my intention in writing the work was to titillate the nastier propensities of my readers. My own… — Anthony Burgess
I hope you liked them, Reader; that they did for you what any good story should do--make you forget the real stuff weighing on your… — Stephen King
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and… — Henry David Thoreau
It is more than probable that I am not understood; but I fear, indeed, that it is in no manner possible to convey to the… — Edgar Allan Poe
Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his… — Michel Faber

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