Alive Quote by Sven Birkerts

“What reading does...is keep alive the dangerous and exhilarating idea that life is not sequenced of lived moments, but a destiny.”

— Sven Birkerts

We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain.

— Roberto Bolano

“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

“What reading does, ultimately, is keep alive the dangerous and exhilarating idea that a life is not a sequence of lived moments, but a…

— Sven Birkerts

“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

“READING OF LITERATURE CAN GIVE LIFE TO THE "LIFE”

— M.Lakshmi Durga

We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we…

— Daniel Pennac

Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.

— Anonymous

Reading is essential to human life. When the last reader dies, humanity will be at an end.

— Anthony McCarten

“I detest all books which run chronologically, which commence at the cradle and end with the grave. Even life doesn't run that way, much…

— Henry Miller

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard

“It makes sense. It's all there. Everything that's beautiful or wise or significant has been written down at some time or other. How can…

— Adam Kennedy