A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.
Abraham LincolnMots clés reading books education discovery
[Harry] had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many novels when she was a small child.
Robin McKinleyMots clés reading
Never have things of the spirit counted for so little. Never has hatred for everything great been so manifest – disdain for Beauty, execration of literature. I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating at its walls, threatening to undermine it.
Gustave FlaubertMots clés words reading books beauty literature values
Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read.
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We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.
Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergMots clés reading books library
Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.
Rodman PhilbrickIf one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.
Sherman AlexieWas I being groomed for some special mission? What possible purpose could an existence like mine serve? When I wasn’t drinking in crappy bars, I was home by myself reading: a life that was achingly lonely, and yet perversely designed to prevent anybody from ever getting close enough to really know me.
Heather KingMots clés reading solitude sobriety
Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.
Adolf HitlerMots clés reading books book booksmart
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.
Edwin Percy WhippleMots clés words reading books literature
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