Quote by Vilhelm Ekelund

“Trying to read slowly when you haven't had time to read is like holding back hunger. It's like having a meal in front of…

— Laura Hendrie

“Hurried reading can never be good reading”

— G. J. Goschen

“Don’t read too fast,” she said.”

— Hemingway Ernest

“Reading is like cooking. It can take hours to prepare, and then the meal is over in minutes. Good, that means you’ve done your…

— Gabe Berman

“If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the smartest thing he can do.”

— Hermann Hesse

“Fasting is a beautiful test of what or Who rules our lives.”

— Philip Nation

“Great speed in reading is a dubious achievement; it is of value only if what you have to read is not worth reading. A…

— Mortimer J. Adler

“I have always been a slow eater. I give each mouthful the attention it deserves. Chew each mouthful 30 times, they say, and you'll…

— Toni Jordan

“Readers steal time to read.”

— Donalyn Miller

“All eminently godly people have been more or less addicted to fasting.”

— Thomas Cartwright

“read faster and better is the understanding of a text, because the brain has less time for distractions.”

— Robert James

“Don't just read a book. Eat it!”

— Jim McDougall