Books Quote by Stephen King

Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the term I…

— Sven Birkerts

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

— Andrew Piper

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

— Anonymous

Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading yields a wish to write, I think, except if the reading is dull and uninspiring.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Reading is probably another way of being in a place.

— Jose Saramago

“Reading is an act of contemplation, perhaps the only act in which we allow ourselves to merge with the consciousness of another human being.…

— David L. Ulin

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

— Mason Cooley

“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

“If while reading, you feel yourself recollected, lay aside the book and remain in stillness; at all times read but little, and cease to…

— Madame Guyon

“Reading is action. Even though it is often done quietly and alone, reading is a profoundly social activity, and a vigorous and demanding one.…

— J. Paul Hunter