Books Quote by Maryanne Wolf

If one reads too quickly or too slowly, one understands nothing.

— Paul de Man

Most of us learn to read by looking at each word in a sentence - one at a time.

— Bill Cosby

Learning to read is probably the most difficult and revolutionary thing that happens to the human brain and if you don't believe that, watch…

— John Steinbeck

Of one thing the reader can be certain: the more easily anything reads, the harder it has been to write.

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

I feel like if I'm going to take time reading, I better be learning.

— Dan Brown

“read faster and better is the understanding of a text, because the brain has less time for distractions.”

— Robert James

Reading requires the brain to rearrange its original parts to learn something new.

— Maryanne Wolf

Easy reading requires hard writing,

— Anthony Trollope

“the five steps of the method Reading Faster 300x: 1. Preparation 2. Preview 3. Reading 4. Review 5. Memorize”

— Robert James

I quickly learned that reading is cumulative and proceeds by geometrical progression: each new reading builds upon whatever the reader has read before.

— Alberto Manguel

I've not chosen to learn to read print. I can read simple words but it's so tedious.

— Mike May

Spending time with a book is much more than just learning to read.

— Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall