Deep layers of context are missed when cursorily reading for quantity at the expense of comprehension – only the vapid are impressed by those who try to squeeze as many books as possible into each...

If the eye really was a muscle, I had pulled it long ago.

There is much to discover that’s not on the back cover!

You could probably live without mastering the ability. But the ability to read those books…it’ll introduce you to new worlds and new thoughts. You can learn a lot about a man from the books he...

My books are a word feast.

In this way, I was able to place my own concerns aside and curl myself up in the cocoon of somebody else’s imagination. My life was suspended – I was in neither one place nor...

I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill...

I am shocked to find that some people think a 2 star ‘I liked it’ rating is a bad rating. What? I liked it. I LIKED it! That means I read the whole thing, to...

Clearly one must read every good book at least once every ten years.

If you don’t want to waste your time on thinking, start reading.

Though I enjoy the occasional eBook from time to time, I will only stop reading books printed on paper when they pry them from my cold, dead, withered hands, and even then, they will be...

Sloveso číst nestrpí rozkazovací způsob. Tuto nechuť sdílí s několika dalšími: se slovesem “milovat”… nebo například “snít”…

The Bible is the greatest book ever written.

Dinner-parties bore us because our imagination is absent, and reading interests us because it is keeping us company.

SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.

I am forever an advocate of books, both the reading of them and the writing. There is something sacred to me in that community. Because writing–and reading–is a solitary business. And it’s good to know...

And because the world is too big and time is too short and you only have one life to live, read!

People who don’t read fiction are scared of what’s inside their own heads.

He was a quick fellow, and when hot from play, would toss himself in a corner, and in five minutes be deep in any sort of book that he could lay his hands on: if...

I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporates. I’m alone, inside the...

Love for books,love for wisdom.

The stories she’d read of others’ lives over these last few months had left her with a greater appreciation for the thread of her own life.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

When one opens a book, one should also open one’s mind.

There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others…

Cosa farei senza libri? Ne ho la casa piena, eppure non mi bastano mai. Vorrei avere una giornata di trentasei ore per poter leggere a mio piacere. Tengo libri di tutte le dimensioni: da tasca,...

This is one of the defining sorrows of books: that we cannot see one another.

The true reader must be an extension of the author. He is the higher court that receives the case already prepared by the lower court. The feeling by means of which the author has separated...

‎”Since I could only take six books per visit from the library, I had to time it right, or I’d be stuck on Sundays rereading the five Reader’s Digest Condensed Books sitting on our red...

It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological research that shows reading novels is actually good for you....

At the end of the afternoon she tore herself away from the story to go and buy some tobacco. This would be tricky on a holiday, but never mind, it was mainly a pretext so...

If a book is worth reading, it will most probably be worth reading twice.

I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book

Nechuť ke čtení je nám ještě nepochopitelnější, pokud pocházíme z generace, z doby, z prostředí či z rodiny, kde nám číst spíše zakazovali.”Přestaň už s tím čtením, zkazíš si oči!””Jdi si radši hrát ven, je...

Daily Bible reading, path of light.

They are a brilliant device for shape-shifting as we can slip into the skin of authors from other times, other cultural backgrounds, brilliant minds who give us a new perspective on life and the world...

On getting lost in a book. Set adriftA life unknownConnections formLove is sewn

Just write. That’s my only tip. And read. I guess that’s two.

Every story is a ride to some place and time other than here and now. Buried in an armchair, reclined on a couch, prostrate on your bed, or glued to your desk, you can go...

There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities.

Maybe reading was just a way to make her feel less alone, to keep her company. When you read something you are stopped, the moment is stayed, you can sometimes be there more fully than...

Books don’t change people; paragraphs do, Sometimes even sentences.

I am grateful to all my readers; you inspired me to keep writing.

Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.

(…) era vorba despre o carte care ti se lipea de mana, iar ochii refuzau sa se lase invinsi de oboseala numai pentru a continua sa citeasca.

Reading is poor man’s way of travelling not just around the world but into the minds of people.

What about damp? What about flooding? Wouldn’t it make sense to have a little lawn or garden as a sort of buffer zone between the house and the water? But then it wouldn’t be Venice,...

Meggie thought this first whisper sounded a little different from one book to another, depending on weather or not she already knew the story it was going to tell her.

Live to read, read to learn.

The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isn’t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult...