Book Quote by Paul Kropp

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

— Anonymous

Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of…

— Cynthia Heimel

“Like dreaming, reading performs the prodigious task of carrying us off to other worlds. But reading is not dreaming because books, unlike dreams, are…

— Victor Null

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count…

— Bennett Cerf

“Reading is primarily a symptom. Of a healthy imagination, of our interest in this and other worlds, of our ability to be still and…

— Mark Haddon

Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.

— Gary Shteyngart

“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better…

— Nora Ephron

“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become a better…

— Nora Ephron

Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.

— Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind…

— Ben Okri

Both reading and writing are experiences--lifelong-- in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to…

— Eudora Welty