Quotes and sayings about tag  reading

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

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Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.

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I guess there are never enough books.

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What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.

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You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.

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It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.

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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.

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Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism.

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Entrei numa livraria. Pus-me a contar os livros que há para ler e os anos que terei de vida. Não chegam! Não duro nem para metade da livraria! Deve haver certamente outras maneiras de uma pessoa se salvar, senão… estou perdido.

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Reading is probably another way of being in a place.

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

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Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.

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The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

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I love books, by the way, way more than movies. Movies tell you what to think. A good book lets you choose a few thoughts for yourself.

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Books were a safe place, a world apart from my own. No matter what had happened that day, that year, there was always a story in which someone overcame their darkest hour. I wasn't alone.

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