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  • There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island...

    "Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time". Book by Laurence J. Peter, 1977.
  • To me, this is the singular privilege of reading literature: we are allowed to step into another's life.

  • The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19 (1891)
  • There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

    "The Balancing Act: Mastering the Competing Demands of Leadership". Book by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler and Ron McMillan, 1996.
  • The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

    Mark Twain (2015). “The Prince and the Pauper (StoneHenge Classics)”, p.154, StoneHenge Classics
  • A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

    Book   Ice   Mind  
    George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.121, Bantam
  • I started reading literature at 17 or 18, and I felt this extra beat to life.

  • I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

    Nature   Book   Reading  
    "Dreamtigers". Book by Jorge Luis Borges, 1960.
  • Because most of the girls were still in mourning and all of them had lost their textbooks, even pencils and pens, Shaukat Ali began the first classes by reading to them from poetry and religious texts. "Reading, literature, and spirituality are good for the soul," he told them. "So we will start with these studies.

    Greg Mortenson (2009). “Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan”, p.149, Penguin
  • Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray preface (1891)
  • To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

    Life   Book   Reading  
  • Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

    Book   Reading   Life Is  
    Ruth Rendell (2000). “A Judgement in Stone”, Vintage
  • There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

    Book   Reading   Writing  
    The Picture of Dorian Gray preface (1891)
  • Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different.

    Wendy Lesser (2014). “Why I Read: The Serious Pleasure of Books”, p.6, Macmillan
  • Through reading literature we can make ghosts speak to us, and we can speak back to them.

    "Built to Last". www.nytimes.com. August 23, 2012.
  • People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

    Funny   Life   Witty  
    Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"
  • My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.

    "An Interview with Ryszard Kapuscinski: Writing about Suffering". Interview With Thomas Wolfe, quod.lib.umich.edu. 1998.
  • It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.

    Wisdom   Book   Reading  
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