Book Quote by James Carroll

Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my…

— Katherine Paterson

Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it ... There are certain…

— Marcel Proust

One of the things I could never get accustomed to in my youth was the difference I found between life and literature.

— James Joyce

I can say without doubt, that reading has had a huge influence on my life.

— Tom Fletcher

Reading is not simply an intellectual pursuit but an emotional and spiritual one. It lights the candle in the hurricane lamp of self; that's…

— Anna Quindlen

Reading was such an enrichment of my life. And it was that pleasure that I had as a very young reader probably that is…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“Reading is on the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it; it does not constitute it.”

— Marcel Proust

Life does often get in the way of one's reading.

— Helen Simonson

“Reading is a dialog with oneself; it is self-reflection, which cultivates profound humanity. Reading is therefore essential to our development. It expands and enriches…

— Daisaku Ikeda

“What reading does, ultimately, is keep alive the dangerous and exhilarating idea that a life is not a sequence of lived moments, but a…

— Sven Birkerts

“READING OF LITERATURE CAN GIVE LIFE TO THE "LIFE”

— M.Lakshmi Durga

Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated,…

— Thomas S. Monson