Reading Quotes

4849 Reading quotes by 2815 unique authors

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight… — Gunter Grass
I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own, and that Sound if erratic… — Lester Bangs
If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. — John Ruskin
Socialist ideology, like so many others, has two main dangers. One stems from confused and incomplete readings of foreign texts, and the other from the… — Jose Marti
I think it's undignified to read for the purposes of escape. After you grow up, you should start reading for other purposes — M. John Harrison
I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to… — John M. Ford
You see? Characters in books do not read books. Oh, they snap them shut when somebody enters a room, or fling them aside in disgust… — Michael Swanwick
I have come to communism because of daddy Stalin and nobody must come and tell me that I mustn’t read Stalin. I read him when… — Che Guevara
Do you like reading? It's the best thing that can happen to you in life. Writing has other implications. — Manuel Rivas
I was deeply moved by Richard Blanco's reading of his inaugural poem-a timely and elegant tribute to the great diversity of American experience. And now… — Natasha Trethewey
Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader.… — Margaret Mahy
I was getting close to thirty and was trying on the idea of becoming more mature. I was reading more. I had gone out and… — Joe Meno
Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. — Karin Slaughter
Those mutually opposed manifestos are written with the same eloquence, they breathe the same virtuous indignation, and one is just as sincere as the other;… — Mikhail Bakunin
One minute I was playing chess and doing maths all the time, the next I had been rerouted into more 'normal' girls' activities: reading, writing… — Scarlett Thomas
Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or… — James Kelman
Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thoughts in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered world has less… — Frank Bruni
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns… — James Hutton
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the… — Stephen Leacock
In my reading of philosophy, I saw that there were innumerable problems that nobody was giving answers for. the Bible, it struck me, dealt with… — Francis Schaeffer
I was reading a book... 'the history of glue' - I couldn't put it down. — Tim Vine
The love of reading can be contagious. — Brandon Mull
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even… — Siri Hustvedt
Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban wilderness and into… — Brandon Massey
Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free… — A. R. Ammons

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