"When I am reading a book whether wise or silly it seems to me to be alive and talking to me."

Reading, Books, Imagination, Connection

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"A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

Reading, Books, Change, Perspective

"If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it."

Dean Koontz, American Author

Reading, Read

"Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Reading, Thinking, Perspective, Learning

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

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Reading, Woman

"You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Reading, Read

"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Reading, Books, Love, Gift, Knowledge

"By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Reading, History, Thought, Reflection

"Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Reading, Learning, Discovery, Truth

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Reading, Man, Sound, Wishes

"Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

Reading, Reality, Imagination, Courage

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"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride."

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"Very few men properly speaking live at present but are providing to live another time."

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"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom."

Mistake

"Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives."

Complaint

"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."

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"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman."

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"A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it."

"If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it."

"Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own."

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

"You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else."

"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."

"By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle."

"Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers."

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"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride."

"Very few men properly speaking live at present but are providing to live another time."

"Don't set your wit against a child."

"Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style."

"Brutes find out where their talents lie a bear will not attempt to fly."

"Promise and pie-crust are made to be broken."

"It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom."

"Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives."

"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."

"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman."