Due diligence Quote by Peter C. Brown

Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.

— Jean Rostand

Most of my reading is rereading.

— Susan Sontag

Besides, rereading, not reading, is what counts.

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Attempting to recall the material you are trying to learn—retrieval practice—is far more effective than simply rereading the material.”

— Barbara Oakley

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and…

— Peter Straub

“A re-read is more leisurely than a first read. I know the plot, after all, I know what happens. I may still cry (embarrassingly,…

— Jo Walton

I never reread a text until I have finished the first draft. Otherwise it's too discouraging.

— Gore Vidal

I often reread books I have written

— Taylor Caldwell

There's a paradox in rereading. You read the first time for rediscovery: an encounter with the confirming emotions. But you reread for discovery: you…

— Cynthia Ozick

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

— Angela Carter

“I, too, feel the need to reread the books I have already read," a third reader says, "but at every rereading I seem to…

— Italo Calvino

“Retrieval practice—recalling facts or concepts or events from memory—is a more effective learning strategy than review by rereading. Flashcards are a simple example. Retrieval…

— Peter C. Brown