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George R. R. Martin quote: "Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else?..."
Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading. George R. R. Martin
Lloyd Alexander quote: "Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that..."
Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have. Lloyd Alexander
It is both relaxing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book...from the reading of 'good books' there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way. Gordon B. Hinckley
When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, “Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading. Virginia Woolf
It is the form that allows a writer the greatest opportunity to explore human experience...For that reason, reading a novel is potentially a significant act. Because there are so many varieties of human experience, so many kinds of interaction between humans, and so many ways of creating patterns in the novel that can’t be created in a short story, a play, a poem or a movie. The novel, simply, offers more opportunities for a reader to understand the world better, including the world of... Don DeLillo
And if our book consumption remains as low as it has been, at least let us admit that it is because reading is a less exciting pastime than going to the dogs, the pictures or the pub, and not because books, whether bought or borrowed, are too expensive. George Orwell
William Stafford quote: "When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the..."
When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone, and the meaning has to go find an author again.- The Trouble With Reading William Stafford
In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls? with the great outside world. Booker T. Washington
I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. Louisa May Alcott
Mae West quote: "I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can..."
I only read biographies, metaphysics and psychology. I can dream up my own fiction. Mae West
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood. Samuel Johnson
They say my verse is sad: no wonder. Its narrow measure spans. Rue for eternity, and sorrow. Not mine, but man's. This is for all ill-treated fellows. Unborn and unbegot, For them to read when they're in trouble. And I am not. A. E. Housman
It was not, of course, a proper thing to do. But then I have never pretended, nor will ever pretend, that Emily was a proper child. Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull nobody would read them. L. M. Montgomery
Who did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These weren't the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldn't be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile. Nicholas Sparks
John Irving quote: "My life is a reading list."
My life is a reading list. John Irving

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