Civilization Quote by Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“Reading is an activity of civilized beings.”

— Toba Beta

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read,…

— Samuel Johnson

“Some writers, no matter how good they are, can't speak to us. Something about the way they see the world, I think, string sentences…

— David Bowker

“Written words, if carefully laid down, represent the civilized ideal of reason.”

— Brian Herbert

“writing is perilous, as you can’t always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.”

— Jojo Moyes

“You ordinary people who read and do not write, who 'like to read' and know nothing of the sufferings of writers, how fortunate you…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“To be civilized, really, is to be aware of the others, their hopes, their gladnesses, their illusions about life”

— Sherwood Anderson

“To admit authorities, however heavily furred and gowned, into our libraries and let them tell us how to read, what to read, what value…

— Virginia Woolf

“We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.”

— Harold Bloom

“Let those who can write to write and bring more knowldge and understading to the society. And let those who can read to read…

— Euginia Herlihy

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

— Albert Camus

“... we read novels because they give us the comfortable sensation of living in worlds where the notion of truth is indisputable, while the…

— Umberto Eco