I started off for home, where I planned to recruit a good book and hide away from the world.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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He let the hours go by lost in the magic of words, shedding his skin and his name, feeling like another person. He allowed himself to be carried away by the dreams of shadowy characters, the only refuge left for him.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Tags: reading books escape



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A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading advertising book date



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The more man studies, the less he loves reading

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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To be a better cook, cook more. To be a better writer, read more.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading advice writing writer writers-on-writing advice-for-writers



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To be better equipped for the tests that the year will bring — read a textbook. To prepare for the tests that life will bring — read a book.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading books education school exams textbooks tests



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Reading leads to knowing more. Knowing more leads to arrogance. Reading further leads to humbleness.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading knowledge arrogance modesty



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Philosophy is to a thinker … what push-ups are to a model.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading philosophy modeling models



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It is better to read one intellectually challenging book every 12 months … than to read 12 entertaining books every month.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading books entertainment intellect independent-thinking



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To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Tags: reading books writers literacy fame arrogance illiteracy pretense



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