Books Quote by Richard Russo

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Michel Faber

“We get one chance at this life. We have one body, one mind, and one life to live. Reading provides us with a vicarious…

— Tony Reinke

“The attraction of reading is that it allows you to live, for a few hours, as someone else—grants you access to their head, their…

— Alessandra Torre

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

— Nick Hornby

“As long as reading is for us the instigator whose magic keys have opened the door to those dwelling-places deep within us that we…

— Marcel Proust

“Because reading is a selfish activity, writing must be unselfish, a gift to the reader.”

— Oscar Patton

“Reading is a way of disciplining our minds, and it is also one of the most efficient means of mental escape.”

— Andrew Piper

“Nothing takes you out of yourself the way a good book does, but at the same time nothing makes you more aware of yourself…

— Wendy Lesser

“A book, to me, is almost sacrosanct: such an individual and private thing. The reader brings his or her own history and beliefs and…

— Lois Lowry

“People don’t read to enlighten themselves or seek to gain some valuable insight into their own psychology. People read to escape.”

— Dermot Davis

“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

“Reading, by its very nature, is an admission of defeat, a ritual of self-humiliation: it shows that you believe other lives are more interesting…

— Rose Vane