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Nick Hornby quotes about reading

English Writer April 17, 1957

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The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done. The other day I was in a bookstore flicking through a book called something like 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (and, without naming names, you should be aware that the task set by the title is by definition impossible, because at least four hundred of the books suggested would kill you anyway), but reading begets reading--that's sort of the point of it, surely?--and anybody who never deviates from a set list of... Nick Hornby
A few years ago, Cindy joined one of those dreadful reading groups, where unhappy, repressed middle class lesbians talk for five minutes about some novel they don't understand and then spend the rest of the evening moaning about how dreadful men are. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly..."
We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they"re badly read, too. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on."
I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on. Nick Hornby
When you're unhappy, I guess everything in the world - reading, eating, sleeping - has something buried somewhere inside it that just makes you unhappier. Nick Hornby
Why does reading freak people out so much? Sure, I could be pretty anti-social when we were on the road, but if I was playing a Gameboy hour after hour, no one would be on my case. In my social circle, blowing up space monsters is socially acceptable in a way that American Pastoral isn't. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "Read anything, as long as you can't wait to pick it up again."
Read anything, as long as you can't wait to pick it up again. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the..."
I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900. Nick Hornby
I'm equally sure, however, that I won't walk into a lamp-post while reading {literature}, like I did with {a legal thriller} all those years ago; you don't walk into lamp-posts when you're reading literary novels, do you? Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the..."
The annoying thing about reading is that you can never get the job done. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "Reading begets reading."
Reading begets reading. Nick Hornby

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