Quotes About Reading

Books were my hobby, even as a child,' he told me. 'I read about every book in Milkwaukee Public Library before I was 15...Some of the books I didn't understand- but I read them just the same. I believed, you see, that my life work would be teaching, so I wanted to learning everything I could about every possible subject.

That was one of the bad things about being able to read: people could nag you from a great distance.

The ancient Greeks believed that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again.

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

She was happiest when sitting about and reading. She had read thousands of books, seeing no point in doing anything else unless you had to.

Goodness, Mr. Cellini, I've not time to answer all these questions. I've got to get on.' With what? She seldom did anything but read, as far as he knew. She must have read thousands of books, she was always at it.

You might think that people in the business of selling books would be against places where you can read books for free, but here is a secret: libraries are awesome, librarians are even *more* awesome, and both are among the greatest things civilization has given us. *No apologies; it's true.*

In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.

If you are not familiar with the age in which we live, read my stories. If you cannot endure my stories, it means that this age is unbearable.

25 Mart 1935 adl? mektuptan Etraf?n seni s?kt??? zaman kitap oku… Ben ?imdiye kadar her ?eyden çok kitaplar?m? severdim. Bundan sonra her ?eyden çok seni sevece?im ve kitaplar? beraber sevece?iz.

Bundan sonra hiç kimse sana benim kadar yak?n olmayacak. Beraber Almanca ö?renece?iz, ben ?ngilizce ö?renmek istiyorum, beraber ?ngilizce dersi alaca??z, ben kitaplar tercüme edece?im, bunlar? beraber okuyaca??z, ne?eli ve kederli olaca??z, ne olursa olsun, bütün bunlar hep beraber, hep ikimizin i?tirakiyle olacak ve ba?ka hiç kimse kar??mayacak.

Etraf?n seni s?kt??? zaman kitap oku...

Zaman zaman beni saran hüzünlerin, hayat b?kk?nl???n?n bir ruhi hastal?k alameti olmas?ndan korkard?m. Bir kitab? okurken geçen iki saatin ömrümün birçok senelerinden daha dolu, ehemmiyetli oldu?unu fark edince insan hayat?n?n ürkütücü hiçli?ini dü?ünür ve yeis içinde kal?rd?m.

Bir kitab? okurken geçen iki saatin, ömrümün birçok senelerinden daha dolu, daha ehemmiyetli oldu?unu fark edince insan hayat?n?n ürkütücü hiçli?ini dü?ünür ve yeis içinde kal?rd?m.

I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.-because you can hardly mention anything I am not curious about.

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

I knew right there in prison that reading had changed forever the course of my life. As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.

BOOKS… The Loom of Language

If I weren't out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity - because you can hardly mention anything I'm not curious about.

I could spend the rest of my life reading, just to satisfy my curiosity

I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity - because you can hardly mention anything I'm not curious about.

I knew right there in prison that reading had forever changed the course of my life.