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“I asked: “And I was very surprised by the ending. Were you?” “Of course not—I’d read it first.” — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“Did she always have something to read in front of her so she wouldn't have to look at anything else?” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“...And if reading could banish the idea for even half an hour, it was something gained.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The question is not what the writer meant, but what he conveyed to those who heard or read.” — Clement Gatley Copy Share Image
“How could I be such an open book to him when, half the time, I had no idea what was milling around in his… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I can read", he said. "Didn't mean to shock you. Maybe you thought I ran around in a little wheel all day?” — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Or deep down, maybe there was more. Maybe I wanted someone to figure out who wrote the note and secretly come to my rescue.… — Jay Asher Copy Share Image
“One can very agreeably ignore a rain by walking in it. In fact it is when one allows a rain to prevent one from… — David Markson Copy Share Image
“On the other hand it is probably safe to assume that Rembrandt and Spinoza surely would have at least passed on the street, now… — David Markson Copy Share Image
Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects. — David Markson Copy Share Image
“Have I ever said that Turner once actually had himself lashed to the mast of a ship, to be able to later do a… — David Markson Copy Share Image
“A simple creature unlettyrde. Julian of Norwich called herself. The most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. Echoed Jane… — David Markson Copy Share Image
In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in. — David Markson Copy Share Image
“Very possibly this was what was in Wittgenstein's own mind all of those years later, in face, when he said that you do no… — David Markson Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
