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Reading Quotes (page 109)

If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich... Alice James
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones. Abraham Lincoln
Charles Bukowski quote: "I could read the great books but the great books don't..."
I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me. Charles Bukowski
Philip Larkin quote: "I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other..."
I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other people to read what I have written, and feel what I felt. Philip Larkin
V. S. Naipaul quote: "His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read."
His ignorance seemed to widen with everything he read. V. S. Naipaul
Jane Austen quote: "A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an..."
A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself. Jane Austen
Richard Russo quote: "It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry..."
It was a scary thought. A man could be surrounded by poetry reading and not know it. Richard Russo
Learn to write by doing it. Read widely and wisely. Increase your word power. Find your own individual voice though practicing constantly. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and learn to express that experience in words. P. D. James
What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space. Italo Calvino
To whom I owe the leaping delight. That quickens my senses in our wakingtime. And the rhythm that governs the repose of our sleepingtime, the breathing in unison. Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other. Who think the same thoughts without need of speech, And babble the same speech without need of meaning... No peevish winter wind shall chill. No sullen tropic sun shall wither. The roses in the rose-garden which is ours and ours only. But this dedication is for others to read: These are... T. S. Eliot
We have many shelves of poetry at home, but still, it takes an effort to step out of the daily narrative of existence, draw that neglected cloak of stillness around you? and concentrate, if only for three or four minutes. Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. Ian Mcewan
Perhaps the creates reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. Ian Mcewan
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you're dead and rotten, either do things worth the writing, or write things worth the reading! Benjamin Franklin
Umberto Eco quote: "By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us..."
By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something about the world. Umberto Eco
No one expected to be safe until this century, if you read a little history. Think of the thousands of years before- years with no law, when the sword ruled. No widespread system of justice; no immunizations against disease. The local lord free to kill the husbands, husbands free to rape and kill their wives. Childbirth often fatal. No antibiotics. It's only here and now that women are raised believing they'll be safe. And it serves us false. It's not true. It dulls our sense of fear, which... Charlaine Harris

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