Beauty Quote by Chen Chen

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

“Reading's not a luxury, art's not a luxury. It's about your soul, and it's about yourself. And if reading is a luxury, being human…

— Jeanette Winterson

“For a writer it was perhaps most important not to write, but to read. Read as much as you can because in so doing…

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“and so give your uncommon readers a chance to join you in the solidarity of pain and love and the vision of human possibility.…

— Wallace Stegner

“Words - I wonder if you can realize how much I love them. You are too much preoccupied with mere things and ideas and…

— Aldous Huxley

“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you, because it is at least in my experience, the most healing…

— Harold Bloom

“So much of one's life was spent reading; it made sense not to do it alone.”

— Chad Harbach

“It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life. Read more at”

— Amy Tan

“Life is limited, but by writing, and reading, we can live in different worlds, get inside the skins and minds of other people, and,…

— Joan Lingard

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Michel Faber

“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

“Reading is an escape from the outside world. Everyone needs a little of that to keep their sanity.”

— Kim Holden