Book Quote by John Dryden

He [Shakespeare] was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul . . . He…

— John Dryden

“We probably read Shakespeare in the first place for his stories, afterwards for his characters. . . . To become intimate with Shakespeare in…

— Charlotte Mason

Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are…

— Vincent Van Gogh

But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread…

— Jane Austen

Shakespeare was not a scholar in the sense we regard the term to-day, yet no man ever lived or probably ever will live that…

— Joseph Devlin

She wondered if literature might lose some of its interest when she reached an age or state of mind where her life was set…

— Charles Frazier

My life has included a study of Shakespeare and to me it's very natural, but I know that it's not always accessible to other…

— Joss Whedon

For her, reading was directly linked to pleasure, not to knowledge or enigmas or constructions or verbal labyrinths…

— Roberto Bolano

“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was…

— Robert Goolrick

I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the ability to make utter strangers come alive.

— Rita Dove

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

— Charles Churchill

But she had long ago learned that when she wandered into the realm of fancy she must go alone. The way to it was…

— Anonymous