Construction Quote by Roberto Bolano

She wondered if literature might lose some of its interest when she reached an age or state of mind where her life was set…

— Charles Frazier

To begin with, it's true, she read with trepidation and some unease. The sheer endlessness of books outfaced her and she had no idea…

— Alan Bennett

“She read with an eagerness which hardly left her power of comprehension, and from impatience of knowing what the next sentence might bring, was…

— Jane Austen

“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

“She has read not just for distraction, sustenance, to pass the time, but she has read in a state of primal innocence, reading for…

— How It All Began Penelope Lively

Love so sprang at her, she honestly thought no one had ever looked into it. Where was it in literature? Someone would have written…

— Annie Dillard

“She was a passionate reader, and she thought that reading was one of the noblest efforts of all; in contrast, she found writing to…

— John Irving

In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for?

— John Irving

“. . . this girl who seemed, increasingly, to be interested in learning to read everything except how human beings talked to one another.”

— Gregory Maguire

She did not want to read this book from start to finish, or rather, she thought perhaps it did not want her to. Instead…

— Catherynne M. Valente

She had begun to read in the beginning as a protection from the frightening and unpleasant things. She continued because, apart from the story,…

— Patrick White

“As for reading, I doubt whether she did much better by the sea-side than she had done in the town. Men and women say…

— Anthony Trollope