Able Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Read not only between the lines, but also what is not written.”

— Vijay Kedia

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“If a writer starts worring about what he or she has left out or forgotten, they might not be able to write even a…

— Baby Halder

“Literacy is in our veins like blood. It enters every other phrase. It is next to impossible to hold a real conversation, as against…

— Ruth Rendell

“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“I don't write like this in order to show how clever and well read I am--though I am rather clever and well read as…

— John Heath-Stubbs

A merely great intellect can produce prose, but not poetry, not one line.

— Edward Thomas

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious that the reader is only informed of what the writer wishes him…

— Iain Pears

“The text contains no literary criticism. I wanted to describe books, not to be clever at their expense.”

— Kenneth McLeish

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

— Giuseppe Bianco

“Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”

— Louis L'Amour

“The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts…

— Charles Spurgeon