Books Quote by Edith Wharton

“Reading is a way to escape the real world. Writing is a way to create a new one.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.”

— Robynn Tolbert

“Sometimes there is no chemistry between writer and reader, so - give up. Not all books are meant to be read.”

— My mother

“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

“What does it mean, this notion of...reading? ...it returns us to a reckoning with time. In the midst of a book, we have no…

— David L. Ulin

“Reading is an act of contemplation, perhaps the only act in which we allow ourselves to merge with the consciousness of another human being.…

— David L. Ulin

“I am more optimistic, both about reading and about books. There will always be non-readers, bad readers, lazy readers – there always were. Reading…

— Julian Barnes

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

— Anonymous

Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it whole worlds,…

— Ben Okri

Reading is dreaming. Reading is entering a world of imagination shared between reader and author. Reading is getting beyond the words to the story…

— Paul Kropp

We must be forewarned that only rarely does a text easily lend itself to the reader's curiosity... the reading of a text is a…

— Paulo Freire

“Why just read the writing? Write the reading!”

— Jesse B. Booth