Books Quote by Jo Walton

“And yet rereading a book can often be a more significant, dramatic, and, yes, new experience than encountering an unfamiliar work.”

— Alan Jacobs

“A re-read is more leisurely than a first read. I know the plot, after all, I know what happens. I may still cry (embarrassingly,…

— Jo Walton

“A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“A book reread is a new story.”

— Moonstarsenergy

"It’s not as if I don’t have anything to read; there’s a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to…

— Lewis Buzbee

“Real readers re-read good books.”

— Darrell Bain

“No reader can fail to agree that the number of books she needs to read far exceeds her capacities, but when the passion for…

— Patricia Meyers Spacks

“A good book not only entertains you, but also informs you. And when you finish reading it,you feel as if you have lost a…

— Irish Argo

I do reread, kind of obsessively, partly for the surprise of how the same book reads at a different point in life, and partly…

— Elizabeth Strout

“Every new book we read in our brief and busy lives means that a classic is left unread.”

— B.R. Myers

“I read all of those books I always wanted to read, or reread... And I feel full. Until I finish a book. Then I…

— Jill Davis

“There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go back and read one twice.”

— Deb Baker