The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.
Samuel ButlerTags: reading books literature
Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.
Anne MichaelsTags: words reading books literature
The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.
Malcolm XTags: words reading books literature living
Life happened because I turned the pages.
Alberto ManguelTags: words reading books literature
I hate vulgar realism in literature. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one.
Oscar WildeTags: literature
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.
Christopher HitchensTags: books writing humour literature christopher-hitchens
The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.
Benjamin FranklinTags: words reading books literature illiteracy pity
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
Terry PratchettTags: humor imagination stories literature fantasy
Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.
Laurie AndersonTags: reading books learning literature
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It's like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can't stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.
Anne LamottTags: words reading books writing literature
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