Quotes About Reading

Ng??i bi?t ??c n?m trong tay s?c m?nh ?? khu?ch ??i b?n thân mình, ?? nhân lên nh?ng cách mình t?n t?i, ?? l?p ??y cuá»™c ??i mình má»™t cách Ä'áng k? và thú v?.

One reads to tickle and amuse one's mind; one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.

Wer zu lesen versteht, besitzt den Schlüssel zu großen Taten, zu unerträumten Möglichkeiten.

The proper study of mankind is books. –

Back to culture. Yes, actually to culture. You can't consume much if you sit still and read books.

There is a logic [to my reading], but I can't define it. I like reading impulsively. I collect books, I have a lot of them, but most of them I have not read yet. I'll read them when they call me from the shelf.

Nobody reads poetry anymore So who the hell are you I see bent over this book?

Chi può capire qualcosa della dolcezza se non ha mai chinato la propria vita, tutta quanta, sulla prima riga della prima pagina di un libro? No, quella è la sola e più dolce custodia di ogni paura-un libro che inizia.

He was always reading. With his street kid clients, the popular belief was that he was searching for an elusive gap that existed somewhere in his books, hidden between lines or letters. One that would allow him, once and for all, to crawl inside the pages and disappear.

I read aimlessly, until I learned to read selectively, with a purpose. - Malcom X

She had a great respect for books herself, and she wished that she had read more. One could never read enough. Never.

The whole culture of work had become so intrusive and demanding that people had to do it. And the result was that they were left with little time for simply living their lives, for going for a walk, for sitting in a bar, for reading a book. It was all work.

But who doesn't have a lot of unread books? It's nice, though, to know they are there.

But who doesn't have a lot of unread books? It's nice, though, just to know that they're there.

We all have Proustian moments, but don't really know about it until we read Proust.

One could never read enough. Never.

And yet, she suddenly wondered, should you actually lie about how much Proust you've read?

Começa a ler, a mente se solta. Vira as páginas vorazmente; Vê se abrir um mundo diferente.

Will I have to use a dictionary to read your book? asked Mrs. Dodypol. It depends, says I, how much you used the dictionary before you read it.

If on a friend's bookshelf You cannot find Joyce or Sterne Cervantes, Rabelais, or Burton, You are in danger, face the fact, So kick him first or punch him hard And from him hide behind a curtain.

He pointed out to him the bearings of the coast, explained to him the variations of the compass, and taught him to read in that vast book opened over our heads which they call heaven, and where God writes in azure with letters of diamonds.

I had nearly five thousand volumes in my library at Rome; but after reading them over many times, I found out that with one hundred and fifty well-chosen books a man possesses, if not a complete summary of all human knowledge, at least all that a man need really know.

You'll want to read books - novels, because ladies are frivolous; poetry because ladies are sentimental; and sermons, because we are pious. If you must read essays, Mr. Emerson might be best. Your gentleman may have a nodding acquaintance with his works.

Do any of you peasants read hieroglyphs?