"When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before."

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"When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before."

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"She'd obviously read the book many times before, and so she read flawlessly and confidently, and I could hear her smile in the reading of it, and the sound of that smile made me think that maybe I would like novels better if Alaska Young read them to me."

John Green, American Author

Reading, Joy, Novel, Emotion

"Some readers read a book as if it were an instruction manual, expecting to understand everything first time, but of course when you write, you put into every sentence an overflow of meaning, and you create in every sentence as many resonances and double meanings and ambiguities as you can possibly pack in there, so that people can read it again and get something new each time."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist

Reading, Writing, Meaning, Interpretation

"When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life."

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

Reading, Focus, Presence, Learning

"A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Reading, Woman

"When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Reading, Happiness, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"More than a half million books, all of them smelling like dust and ink, two terrible smells that blend mystically to make something beautiful. Powells is another church to me, a paperback sort of heaven."

Donald Miller, American Author

Reading, Books, Knowledge, Joy

"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story."

Ursula K. Le Guin, American Writer

Reading, Wood

"By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

Reading, Questions, Variety, Writing

"There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book."

Stephen King, American Author

Reading, Truth, Power, Happiness, Today

"One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Reading, Books, Life, Regret

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"When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."

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"Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality."

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"To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history."

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"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention."

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"My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father."

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"To feel at home, stay at home."

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"She'd obviously read the book many times before, and so she read flawlessly and confidently, and I could hear her smile in the reading of it, and the sound of that smile made me think that maybe I would like novels better if Alaska Young read them to me."

"When you read a book put all of your effort into staying present and focus your energy towards the comprehension of each and every word and how you can apply it into your daily life."

"A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual."

"When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience."

"More than a half million books, all of them smelling like dust and ink, two terrible smells that blend mystically to make something beautiful. Powells is another church to me, a paperback sort of heaven."

"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story."

"By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas."

"One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime."

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"He has made a profession out of a business and an art out of a profession."

"The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech."

"A bottle of wine begs to be shared; I have never met a miserly wine lover."

"For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed."

"When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."

"Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality."

"To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history."

"One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention."

"My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father."

"To feel at home, stay at home."