Heart Quote by Scott Simon

Reading opens your mind and helps you understand and empathize with people who are unlike you and outside your breadth of experience.

— George Pelecanos

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even…

— Richard Carlson

Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a…

— Rey Mysterio

I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more…

— Manuel Puig

Reading gives you some place to go when you have to stay where you are.

— Mason Cooley

Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.

— Tom Bissell

“Reading changes your life. Reading unlocks worlds unknown or forgotten, taking travelers around the world and through time. Reading helps you escape the confines…

— Donalyn Miller

Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.

— Anonymous

A love of reading shows empathy, the desire to understand how others live or act or might act - and why.

— Celeste Ng

Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness count…

— Bennett Cerf

Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind…

— Ben Okri

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

— Joseph Addison