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Reading Quotes (page 167)

The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told its mind to me without reserve, delivering its most cherished secrets as clearly as if it uttered them with a voice. And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day. Mark Twain
George Herbert quote: "Woe be to him that reads but one book."
Woe be to him that reads but one book. George Herbert
....a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser. Not just more knowledgeable - books that provide nothing but information can produce that result. But wiser, in the sense that you are more deeply aware of the great and enduring truths of human life. Mortimer Adler
From the time I began to read, as a child, I loved to feel their heft in my hand and the warm spot caused by their intimate weight in my lap; I loved the crisp whisper of a page turning, the musky odor of old paper and the sharp inky whiff of new pages. Leather bindings sent me into ecstasy. I even loved to gaze at a closed book and daydream about the possibilities inside. Rita Dove
Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you know what the story is and get it right? as right as you can, anyway? it belongs to anyone who wants to read it. Or criticize it. Stephen King
Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy. Stephen King
You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer. Jean M. Auel
Every time I read to her, it was like I was courting her, because sometimes, just sometimes, she would fall in love with me again, just like she had a long time ago. And that's the most wonderful feeling in the world. How many people are ever given that chance? To have someone you love fall in love with you over and over? Nicholas Sparks
Winston Churchill quote: "This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being..."
This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read. Winston Churchill
The Cavaliere has retired to his study and reads, trying not to think about what is going on around him -- one of the principal uses of a book. Susan Sontag
Lin Yutang quote: "And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time..."
And if the reader has no taste for what he reads, all the time is wasted Lin Yutang
L. M. Montgomery quote: "never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral."
never write a line you'd be ashamed to read at your own funeral. L. M. Montgomery
Punctured, utterly deflated, he dropped into a chair and, covering his face with his hands, began to weep. A few minutes later, however, he thought better of it and took four tablets of soma. Upstairs in his room the Savage was reading Romeo and Juliet. Aldous Huxley
Stephen Greenblatt quote: "Through reading literature we can make ghosts speak to us, and..."
Through reading literature we can make ghosts speak to us, and we can speak back to them. Stephen Greenblatt
Meg Cabot quote: "It is a documented fact. I read it in People magazine."
It is a documented fact. I read it in People magazine. Meg Cabot

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