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Reading Good Books Quotes (page 3)

Robin Gibb quote: "My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a..."
My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book. Robin Gibb
A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular. Christopher Hitchens
Tom Peters quote: "If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea,..."
If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time. Tom Peters
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand..."
When I read a good book, I wish my life were three thousand years long. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rene Descartes quote: "The reading of all good books is like conversation with the..."
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. Rene Descartes
The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts. Rene Descartes
...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him..." - C.S. Lewis: Weight of Glory C. S. Lewis
William Styron quote: "A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end...."
A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. William Styron
Robert Byrne quote: "Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but..."
Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one. Robert Byrne
An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it. Roger Ebert
Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative reader is a rereader. Vladimir Nabokov
Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever. Ezra Pound
But life is glorious when it is happy; days are carefree when they are happy; the interplay of thought and imagination is far and superior to that of muscle and sinew. Let me tell you, if you don't know it from your own experience, that reading a good book, losing yourself in the interest of words and thoughts, is for some people (me, for instance) an incredible intensity of happiness. Isaac Asimov
J. K. Rowling quote: "I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a..."
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book. J. K. Rowling
Henry James quote: "Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor..."
Living as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor translation... Henry James

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