Curiosity Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.

— Ian Mcewan

“Enjoyment of literature is achieved only by reading without expectation but with anticipation.”

— David McDonald

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we…

— Joseph Brodsky

The physical effort of reading drains some of the pleasure I might take from whatever I'm reading.

— Brian Grazer

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and the world therefore swarms with writers whose wish is…

— Samuel Johnson

“Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is…

— Atwood H. Townsend

I suppose if I had to give a one-word answer to the question of why I read, that word would be pleasure. The kind…

— Wendy Lesser

I never remain passive in the process of reading: while I read I am engaged in a constant creative activity, which leads me to…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

“Once you learn to read minds you lose interest in reading books”

— Sheetal Vijay

It's a matter of resisting what something made you feel before. And resisting that as a consumer is not easy. I know it isn't…

— Lucy Corin

“Reading is first and foremost non-reading. Even in the case of the most passionate lifelong readers, the act of picking up and opening a…

— Pierre Bayard

“As reading becomes more and more habitual and widespread, an ever-increasing number of people will discover that books will give them all the pleasures…

— Aldous Huxley