Quotes About Reading

En stad är ingen stad utan en bokhandel.

Do you like Moby Dick?" he asks. "I hate it," she says. "And I don't say that about many things. Teachers assign it, and parents are happy because their kids are reading something of 'quality.' But it's forcing kids to read books like that that make them think they hate reading.

Why are you crying?" "I was reading.

Ja minusta on hauska keskustella kirjoista sellaisten ihmisten kanssa, joista on hauska keskustella kirjoista. Minä pidän paperista. Minä pidän sen tunnusta ja siitä miltä kirja tuntuu takataskussa. Pidän myös kirjan tuoksusta.

Reading's overrated. Look at all the good stuff on television. Stuff like True Blood.

The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.

Bookstores attract the right kind of folk. Good people like A.J. and Amelia. And I like talking about books with people who like talking about books. I like paper. I like how it feels, and I like the feel of a book in my back pocket. I like how a new book smells

Skaitome tam, kad nesijaustume vieniši. Skaitome d?l to, kad esame vieniši. Skaitome ir nesijau?iame vieniši. Mes nesame vieniši.

An e-reader allows these cursed creatures to enlarge the text as much as they'd like.

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give. I'm only sorry it took me so long to read it.

Leemos para saber que no estamos solos. Leemos porque estamos solos. Leemos y no estamos solos. No estamos solos.

The words you can't find, you borrow. We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We are not quite novels. The analogy he is looking for is almost there. We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that. In the end, we are collected works." ? Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

But have you read any short stories?" A.J. asked. "Maybe in school. Fairy tales. Or, um, The Red Pony? I think I was supposed to read The Red Pony." "That is a novella," A.J. said.

Dile a un niño que no le gusta leer y te creerá.

Always with a book and content at home or at the store.

Most of our customers have rather liked The Book Thief.

Skaitome tam, kad nesijaustume vieniši. Skaitome d?l to, kad esame vieniši. Skaitome ir nesijau?iame vieniši.

If you're stuck, reading helps: "The Beauties" by Anton Chekhov, "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by J. D. Salinger, "Brownies" or "Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" both by ZZ Packer, "In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel, "Fat" by Raymond Carver, "Indian Camp" by Ernest Hemingway.

Jeanne, who belonged to a book club where no one ever finished the book. Jeanne, whose primary workout was swimming.

I do not like anything over four hundred pages or under one hundred fifty pages.

Asiente por cortesía pero no cree en los actos fortuitos. Como aficionado a la lectura, cree en la estructura. Si aparece una pistola en el capítulo uno, más vale que se dispare en el capítulo tres. Es decir, cree en la narrativa.

A veces los libros no nos encuentran hasta que llega el momento adecuado.

Perché piangi?" "Stavo leggendo.

Prendi in prestito le parole che non riesci a trovare. Leggiamo per sapere che non siamo soli. Leggiamo perché siamo soli. Leggiamo e non ci sentiamo soli. Non ci sentiamo soli.