Authors Quote by Dermot Davis

“Reading is a way of disciplining our minds, and it is also one of the most efficient means of mental escape.”

— Andrew Piper

“Moreover, people have become accustomed to reading to escape as opposed to reading to think.”

— Leigh M. Lane

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

— Kim Holden

“The attraction of reading is that it allows you to live, for a few hours, as someone else—grants you access to their head, their…

— Alessandra Torre

“There is no other escape like a book. Reading expands your mind and opens your world to a myriad of possibilities.”

— Fran Veal

“Reading is an activity that not only expands the mind but also enhances the soul and cultivates ones character.”

— Anonymous

“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

“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people…

— William Gaddis

“Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged (or intense) exposure of…

— Harold Brodkey

“reading is the equivallent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with ones own”

— Arthur Sch

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

— Karin Slaughter

“People who do not read have no advantage over those who can not read.”

— Mark Twain