Books Quote by Penny Kittle Download Open image ““A reading appetite is quirky, singular, and essential”” — Penny Kittle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Reading
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Reading is an activity that not only expands the mind but also enhances the soul and cultivates ones character.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
"It’s not as if I don’t have anything to read; there’s a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to… — Lewis Buzbee Copy Share Image
Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Reading is one of the true pleasures of life. In our age of mass culture, when so much that we encounter is abridged,adapted, adulterated,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
“But remember that reading provides nourishment for hungers we might not even be aware of. How often have I chosen a book at random… — Beth Ann Fennelly Copy Share Image
“Reading is how we learn to attach ourselves to ourselves, and to others, and to the world: reading inhabits us with the tendrils of… — Rick Gekoski Copy Share Image
It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Reading is a gift, but only if the words are taken into the soul--eaten, chewed, gnawed, received in unhurried delight.” — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“Reading is an intimate act, perhaps more intimate than any other human act. I say that because of the prolonged (or intense) exposure of… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
“Habits of an empowerED teacher: “read, notice, think, make theories about how writing works, imagine possibilities, write yourself; it isn’t magic, it’s just slow,… — Penny Kittle Copy Share Image
“What power--what importance--lies in the blank lines of an open notebook. Go and fill yours. Then share.” — Penny Kittle Copy Share Image
“Teachers need to sit with their journal and write in the voice of that teenager. Write and remember. That’s who we teach!” — Penny Kittle Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
