A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. - George R. R. Martin
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.
Reading in bed can be heaven, assuming you can get just the right amount of light on the page and aren't prone to spilling your coffee or cognac on the sheets.
Books become permanent companions. Sometimes, they are born before us; they guide us during our life journey and continue for many generations.
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read. - Jules Verne
As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! - William James
So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world. - Vincent van Gogh
It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful. - Vincent van Gogh
I don't read much, to tell you the truth, about me, you know. I don't read my articles very much or stuff like that, but I have read things upon occasion, and some of it is true, and some of it isn't true, you know. I mean it's just the way it goes, you know. - Goldie Hawn
True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery. - Helen Keller
More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. - Helen Keller
With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun. - J.K. Rowling
The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. - J.K. Rowling
On the subject of literary genres, I've always felt that my response to poetry is inadequate. I'd love to be the kind of person that drifts off into the garden with a slim volume of Elizabethan verse or a sheaf of haikus, but my passion is story. - J.K. Rowling
I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill. - J.K. Rowling
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever the latest device is. - J.K. Rowling
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