Quote Reading a book is like re-writing it for...

“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.” - Angela Carter




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 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Cassandra Clare

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

Christopher Morley

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.

Erasmus

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Francis Bacon

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.

François Mauriac

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.

George R.R. Martin