Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.
Cassandra ClareStichwörter: reading books poetry literature philosphy
Enjoy the read!
Kirstin van DykeStichwörter: inspirational reading
an incredibly beautiful read
Seattle Post-IntelligencerStichwörter: reading
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Francis BaconA good reading strengthens the soul.
Toba BetaStichwörter: strength reading soul
On my website there's a quote from the writer Anthony Burgess: "The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind."
I've always found that inspiring because the written word, as an art form, is unlike any other: movies, TV, music, they're shared experiences, but books aren't like that. The relationship between a writer and a reader is utterly unique to those two individuals. The world that forms in your head as you read a book will be slightly different to that experienced by every other reader. Anywhere. Ever. Reading is very personal, a communication from one mind to another, something which can't be exactly copied, or replicated, or directly shared.
If I read the work of, say, one of the great Victorian novelists, it's like a gift from the past, a momentary connection to another's thoughts. Their ideas are down on paper, to be picked up by me, over a century later. Writers can speak individually to readers across a year, or ten years, or a thousand.
That's why I love books.
Stichwörter: inspirational art reading books writing inspiration novel novelist written-word
Keep on reading, thinking, doing and writing!
Words keep introducing their friends to you.
Stichwörter: reading thinking writing doing
He kissed me for a long moment, holding my shoulders, perhaps to keep me from pressing my whole body against his. Then he tried to lift my bag.
"My God," he said. "What happened?"
"I found out one may check out twenty books at a time from the school library.
Stichwörter: humor reading books kiss library laura-whitcomb
I couldn't get to sleep. The book lay nearby. A thin object on the divan. So strange. Between two cardboard covers were noises, doors, howls, horses, people. All side by side, pressed tightly against one another. Boiled down to little black marks. Hair, eyes, voices, nails, legs, knocks on doors, walls, blood, beards, the sound of horseshoes, shouts. All docile, blindly obedient to the little black marks. The letters run in mad haste, now here, now there. The a's, f's, y's, k's all run. They gather together to create a horse or a hailstorm. They run again. Now they create a dagger, a night, a murder. Then streets, slamming doors, silence. Running and running. Never stopping.
Ismail KadareWhen I work, I'm just translating the world around me in what seems to be straightforward terms. For my readers, this is sometimes a vision that's not familiar. But I'm not trying to manipulate reality. This is just what I see and hear.
Don DeLilloStichwörter: reading reality writing literature familiarity novels interpretation readers realism translation robert-mccrum
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