We Read Quotes

275 We Read quotes by 226 unique authors

There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book. — Christopher Morley
We read each other through our eyes, and anatomically they are an extension of our brains. When we catch someone's eye, we look into a… — Siri Hustvedt
The less we read, the more harmful it is what we read. — Miguel de Unamuno
We read, frequently if not unknowingly, in search of a mind more original than our own. — Harold Bloom
If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it? — Franz Kafka
We do not read in order to turn great works of fiction into simplistic replicas of our own realities, we read for the pure, sensual,… — Azar Nafisi
We read many books, because we cannot know enough people. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Sunsets are loved because they vanish. Flowers are loved because they go. The dogs of the field and the cats of the kitchen are loved… — Ray Bradbury
We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun… — Jasper Fforde
Ingratitude is amongst them a capital crime, as we read it to have been in some other countries: for they reason thus; that whoever makes… — Jonathan Swift
Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the facts, and the… — Jeanette Winterson
We read the weird tales in newspapers to crowd out the even weirder stuff inside us. — Alain de Botton
We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
There are books which we read early in life, which sink into our consciousness and seem to disappear without leaving a trace. And then one… — Anais Nin
We are sensitized by the books we read. And the more books we read, and the deeper their lessons sink into us, the more pairs… — Alain de Botton
When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on the printed page.… — Cesare Pavese
I'm convinced the true history of our time isn't what we read in newspapers or books...True history is almost invisible. It flows like an underground… — FÃ©lix J. Palma
How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . .… — William Wilberforce
our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read — Harvey Mackay
To understand a profound thought is to have, at the moment one understands it, a profound thought oneself; and this demands some effort, a genuine… — Marcel Proust
We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it. — Lynne Truss
That's why we read fiction, isn't it? To remind us that whatever we suffer, we're not the only ones? — Jodi Picoult
If you’re reading to find friends, you’re in deep trouble. We read to find life, in all its possibilities. The relevant question isn’t ‘Is this… — Claire Messud

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