Quotes About Reading

Nick sat beside Simon, who was at his computer. Marcus stood at attention beside the food. Hale had his feet on the table, reading the morning paper. And someone had given the Bagshaws a gun. 'Pull!' Hamish yelled, and Angus pulled a cord and sent a skeet flying across the deep blue water. A split second later, a loud crack was reverberating across the deck. Kat jumped. Hale sighed. The shot went far wide, and Marcus never moved a muscle.

How sweet is that? I know I'm no boy expert, but I have heard entire lectures on reading body language, and I have to say that assuming that a person will have forgotten your name is way high on my "indicators of humbleness" list (not that I have one, but I totally have a starting point now).

I've never heard of it. And, I don't like to brag, but I read a lot. I mean a lot. And most of it is classified. - Megan

La lectura obligada es nefasta. Lean por placer, tengan una profunda sospecha.

In fond, oamenii nu citesc; daca citesc, nu pricep; daca pricep, uita.

Vous parlez beaucoup de Céline. - J'aime la littérature, monsieur. Ça vous étonne? - Vous ne l'expurgez pas, lui, je suppose? - Non. C'est lui qui ne cesse de m'expurger. - L'avez-vous rencontré? - Non, j'ai fait beaucoup mieux: je l'ai lu.

Cei care cred c? a citi înseamn? o fug? de realitate se situeaz? la polul opus adev?rului: a citi înseamn? a te plasa în prezenÅ£a realului în starea sa cea mai concentrat? - ceea ce, în mod bizar, este mai puÅ£in îngrozitor decît s? ai de-a face cu permanentele lui dilu?ri.

la lecture permet de découvrir l'autre en conservant cette profondeur que l'on a uniquement quand on est seul

Enseguida se nota cuando alguien está leyendo. El que lee, el que lee de verdad, está en otra parte.

Il y a tant de gens qui poussent la sophistication jusqu'à lire sans lire. Comme des hommes grenouilles, ils traversent les livres sans prendre une goutte d'eau.

Vous savez, il y a toujours une poignée de désoeuvrés, de végétariens, de critiques novices, d'étudiants masochistes ou encore de curieux qui vont jusqu'à lire les livres qu'ils achètent.

corresponsales reina una idéntica ausencia de ley. Pero mi tendencia natural me empujaría a no conocerles, menos por prudencia que por esa razón sublimemente expresada en un prefacio proustiano: la lectura permite descubrir al otro conservando esa profundidad que sólo se tiene cuando estás solo.

La lectura no es un placer sustitutivo.

Il y a tant de gens qui poussent la sophistication jusqu'à lire sans lire. Comme des hommes grenouilles, ils traversent les livres sans prendre une goutte d'eau.... - Ce sont les lecteurs-grenouilles. Ils forment l'immense majorité des lecteurs humains, et pourtant je n'ai découvert leur existence que très tard. Je suis d'une telle naïveté. Je pensais que tout le monde lisait comme moi; moi, je lis comme je mange.

That settles it, no more books about vampire before bedtime.

Several minutes passed before he realized that she had stopped reading, that she was staring back at him. "Is something wrong, sweet Rhianna?" "No, my lord." "Why have you stopped reading?" A faint smile played over her lips. "I stopped some time ago." He frowned. "Will you tell me why?" "Because the story is over, my lord." He looked at her for a long moment, feeling quite the fool, and then he laughed.

Every child's taste is different. Don't worry if they're not reading 'War and Peace' at age 12. First, build a good foundation and a positive attitude about reading by letting them pick the stories they enjoy. Make friends with a bookseller or librarian. They are a wealth of information on finding books that kids enjoy.

You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.

I attended school regularly for three years. I learned to read and write. 'Lamb's Tales' from Shakespeare was my favourite reading matter. I stole, by finding, Palgrave's 'Golden Treasury.' These two books, and the 'Everyman' edition of John Keats, were my proudest and dearest possessions, my greatest wealth.

Book sales and teens reading is always a fantastic thing, but we should also be celebrating and consuming the huge wealth of U.K. and U.K.-based writing and illustrating talent. Authors such as Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, Holly Smale, Tanya Byrne, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Mckenzie, to name but a few.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice wearing each pair, and it's the same.

When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The words make suggestions. Your brain paints the pictures.

If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up on my reading.