Quotes About Reading

The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything.

Por lo general paga tributo a otra manía, insólita y funesta en la mujer: y es su malhadada afición a leer toda clase de libros, a aprender cosas raras, a estudiar a troche y moche, convirtiéndose en marisabidilla, lo más odioso y antipático del mundo.

Permítame que me tome la libertad de preguntarle cómo se las arregla para vivir sin libros.

Take my books away, and I should be desperate!

I have a good many books on hand, but I am sorry to say that as usual I make small progress with any.

he is continually among his books, since he has no other society.

I certainly esteem myself a steady, reasonable kind of body,' she said; 'not exactly from living among the hills and seeing one set of faces, and one series of actions, from year's end to year's end; but I have undergone sharp discipline, which has taught me wisdom; and then, I have read more than you would fancy, Mr. Lockwood.  You could not open a book in this library that I have not looked into, and got something out of

No books!' I exclaimed. 'How do you contrive to live here without them? if I may take the liberty to inquire. Though provided with a large library, I'm frequently very dull at the Grange; take my books away, and I should be desperate!

Güzel havalarda eline bir kitap al?r, yeÅŸilliklerle örtülü bir yeri kendine okuma yeri yapars?n...

Para viajar lejos, no hay mejor nave que un libro.

Now, when I read, I read not, For interrupting tears Obliterate the etchings Too costly for repairs.

What are you reading now? I have little time to read when I am here, but while at home I had a feast in the reading line, I can assure you...Am not I a pendant for telling you what I have been reading? (May 16, 1848 to Abiah Root)

When I lost the use of my Eyes it was a comfort to think there were so few real books that I could easily find some one to read me all of them.

Pour voyager loin, il n'y a pas de meilleur navire qu'un livre.

mother) She used to tell me to get my nose out of my book and go get some fresh air.

They're her book club but I don't know why because they're not reading books.

If you're going to read five books, three should be issues and two for fun.

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

Why do you want to read anyway – for the sake of amusement or mere erudition? Those are poor, fatuous pretexts. Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?

Reading should serve the goal of attaining peace; if it doesn't make you peaceful, what good is it?

Isn't reading a kind of preparation for life?' But life is composed of things other than books. It is as if an athlete, on entering the stadium, were to complain that he's not outside exercising.This was the goal of your exercise, of your weights, your practice ring and your training partners.

In literature, too, it is not great achievement to memorize what you have read while not formulating an opinion of your own.

Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.

The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows you to feed your imagination - creating beautiful pictures from carefully chosen words.