Books Quote by John Keats

Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author.

— William Wordsworth

“We read in slow, long motions, as if drifting in space, weightless. We read full of prejudice, malignantly. We read generously, making excuses for…

— Manguel Alberto

I think we begin to lose the ability to read in the deepest, most interpretive ways because were not kind of calming our mind…

— Nicholas G. Carr

“I have to admit that most of the time I read in the same way that I smoke and chew gum and jiggle my…

— Dan Chaon

I'm just not a good reader, so I haven't been able to sit down and get myself through an entire book in my whole…

— Billy Burke

“If while reading, you feel yourself recollected, lay aside the book and remain in stillness; at all times read but little, and cease to…

— Madame Guyon

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

— Anthony Horowitz

“Most books are so well written they barely have any effect on the reader’s senses”

— Steve Aylett

This is that which I think great readers are apt to be mistaken in; those who have read of everything, are thought to understand…

— John Locke

Reading is one of the most individual things that happens. So every reader is going to read a piece in a slightly different way,…

— Margaret Atwood

In general, what we really want is a feeling when we read anything that the author has explored the territory as dutifully and as…

— Hilton Als

I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can’t write unless you read.

— William Trevor