I, too, feel the need to reread the books I have already read," a third reader says, "but at every rereading I seem to be reading a new book, for the first time. Is it I who keep changing and seeing new things of which I was not previously aware? Or is reading a construction that assumes form, assembling a great number of variables, and therefore something that cannot be repeated twice according to the same pattern? Every time I seek to relive the emotion of a previous reading, I experience different and unexpected impressions, and do not find again those of before. At certain moments it seems to me that between one reading and the next there is a progression: in the sense, for example, of penetrating further into the spirit of the text, or of increasing my critical detachment. At other moments, on the contrary, I seem to retain the memory of the readings of a single book one next to another, enthusiastic or cold or hostile, scattered in time without a perspective, without a thread that ties them together. The conclusion I have reached is that reading is an operation without object; or that its true object is itself. The book is an accessory aid, or even a pretext.
Italo CalvinoStichwörter: reading book rereading book-reading object-of-reading
A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But a well-worn book also has its pleasures, the soft caress and give of the paper's edges, the comfort, like an old shawl, of an oft-read story.
Lewis BuzbeeStichwörter: books book-reading
There is really nothing you gain from being a pauper rather you loose every thing.
Jaachynma N.E. AguStichwörter: greatness wealth accomplishment creativity destiny conference-meeting success-self-improvement book-reading higher-living agu jaachynma chiyson ezinne kingstreasurehouse
The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory.
Jaachynma N.E. AguStichwörter: barack-obama riches success-self-improvement good-life book-reading greater-glory higher-living the-best-option be-different agu chiyson jachynma the-greatest-man the-prince
A strong man does not succumb to pressures, he knows that without pressures he will not find pleasures and so he will not be made.
Jaachynma N.E. AguStichwörter: success gifts nobility riches success-self-improvement book-reading wealth-creation the-best-option the-prince-and-the-pauper agu jaachynma greatnesstness royality
Gold, silver, jewels, purple garments, houses built of marble, groomed estates, pious paintings, caparisoned steeds, and other things of this kind offer a mutable and superficial pleasure; books give delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a living and intense intimacy.
Francesco PetrarcaStichwörter: books book-reading
It's in being read that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million different readings a book become one of a million different books . . .
Mohsin HamidStichwörter: book-reading
We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.
Judith ButlerStichwörter: reading books book-reading book-love
Life is too short to waste your time with bad books.
Michael KrügerStichwörter: reading books reading-books reading-habits book-reading
When a person reaches the end of a book and says, 'I want to read that again,' what he's actually saying is that he wants to mentally merge with his favorite character and stroll among all the other creative personalities, feeding a hungry imagination through the vicarious reliving of each and every wild chapter that stirred his emotions, the whole while surrendering to a safe yet daring existence where any crazy, hopeful thing can and does happen. That's all.
Richelle E. GoodrichStichwörter: imagination reading books writing creativity pretending richelle imagination-reading book-reading richelle-goodrich
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