Desks Quote by Haruki Murakami

Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.

— John Green

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and the world therefore swarms with writers whose wish is…

— Samuel Johnson

What is reading but silent conversation?

— Anonymous

Digestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can hear me,…

— Alberto Manguel

I read everywhere. It's like a bodily function. I don't need quiet. I write and read with the TV on. I follow the TV…

— Chris Abani

“Language and hearing are seated in the cerebral cortex, the folded gray matter that covers the first couple of millimeters of the outer brain…

— Michael Finkel

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

— Conor Oberst

In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live…

— Steve Leveen

Sitting over words Very late I have heard a kind of whispered sighing Not far Like a night wind in pines or like the…

— Anonymous

One reads alone, even in another's presence.

— Italo Calvino

The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a…

— Annie Dillard

I never sit down to write. When I'm moved, I do it. I just wait for it to come. You just hear it. I…

— Lenny Kravitz