Fear Quote by Italo Calvino

Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.

— A. S. Byatt

Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.

— Gary Shteyngart

“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

I read my Eyes out, and cant read half enough neither. The more one reads the more one sees We have to read.

— John Adams

Real reading is a lonely activity.

— Harold Bloom

Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.

— David Samuels

All these are readers, and their gestures, their craft, the pleasure, the responsibility and the power they derive from reading, are common with mine.…

— Alberto Manguel

We read because we are essentially alone.

— Jessica Zafra

A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he…

— Richard Jefferies

“Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else’s thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person’s vantage point.…

— Steven Pinker

Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.

— Augusten Burroughs

Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.

— Elin Hilderbrand