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Reading Books Quotes (page 3)

Years ago, when he was around fourteen, he'd been all hipped on the idea of going to India. He read books about people sitting on rocks, naked, in all kinds of weather, but mostly bad, naturally, and walking barefoot through hot coals and arriving at wisdom. I used to say that it sounded to me as though they were getting away from wisdom as fast as they could. I think he sort of looked down on me for that. James Baldwin
Yes! I'm me! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words, I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast! I think! And I always have a piece of string! That's the kind of person I am! Terry Prachett
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become. Ursula K. Le Guin
The less you eat, drink and read books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save-the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor dust will devour-your capital. The less you are, the more you have; the less you express your own life, the greater is your alienated life-the greater is the store of your estranged being. Karl Marx
John Ruskin quote: "You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and..."
You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement. John Ruskin
Virginia Woolf quote: "Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like..."
Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like reading books in the bulk. Virginia Woolf
With love, there are no rules. Some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior; others may turn to reading books of advice from "experts" on relationships - but this is all folly. The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters. Paulo Coelho
David Baldacci quote: "Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each..."
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? David Baldacci
Terry Prachett quote: "I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books..."
I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such. Terry Prachett
Aldous Huxley quote: "Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume..."
Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books. Aldous Huxley
Haruki Murakami quote: "I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading..."
I'm a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books. Haruki Murakami
Wislawa Szymborska quote: "I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most..."
I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised. Wislawa Szymborska
Bob Dylan quote: "People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations."
People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations. Bob Dylan
When I was five I learned to read. Books were a miracle to me - white pages, black ink, and new worlds and different friends in each one. To this day, I relish the feeling of cracking a binding for the first time, the anticipation of where I'll go and whom I'll meet inside. Jennifer Weiner
I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself. Tommy Lee

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