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If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world with the spleen Picture Quote #1

Last month we had to sit through a presentation on eliminating redundancy, and it was a bunch of Power Point slides, plus a guy reading out what was on the slides, and then he gave us all hard copies Picture Quote #1

Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading, especially under such opportunities of gratifying it Picture Quote #1

I think we should always remember that reading - the experience of a book - is a very private, very personal kind of thing. Sometimes the best response to such an experience is: silence Picture Quote #1

This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It's mostly pink. If you're reading this book every night for months, something is not right Picture Quote #1

It amazes me that filmmakers will still film, and audiences will still watch, relationships so bankrupt of human feeling that the characters could be reading dialogue written by a computer Picture Quote #1

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There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin Picture Quote #1

We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars Picture Quote #1

Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; and they are the life, the soul of reading; take them out of this book for instance, you might as well take the book along with them Picture Quote #1

She was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same - you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again Picture Quote #1

If all your responses to a book have already been duplicated and expanded upon by a professional critic, then what point is there to your reading? Only that it's yours Picture Quote #1

Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems Picture Quote #1

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I am not unique in my elegiac sadness at watching reading die, in the era that celebrates Stephen King and J. K. Rowling rather than Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll Picture Quote #1

The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers Picture Quote #1

Like television, motion pictures, and computers, [Stephen] King has replaced reading... the triumph of the genial King is a large emblem of the failures of American education Picture Quote #1

When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing a book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it Picture Quote #1

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column Picture Quote #1

My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop up ads Picture Quote #1

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Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth has been wasted Picture Quote #1

The documents were in English - sort of - but the language was so convoluted that it was beginning to give her a headache. It made for even duller reading than her chemistry text Picture Quote #1

I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round Picture Quote #1

There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs Picture Quote #1

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain Picture Quote #1

Nothing was worse than reading too late and falling asleep two or three pages into a novel Picture Quote #1

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Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species Picture Quote #1

We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing Picture Quote #1

If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world Picture Quote #1

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write Picture Quote #1

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive Picture Quote #1

You write out of experience, and a large part of that experience is the life of the spirit; reading is the liberation into the minds of others Picture Quote #1

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If a faultless poem could be produced, I am satisfied it would tire the critics themselves; and annoy the whole reading world with the spleen (Reading Quotes) Last month we had to sit through a presentation on eliminating redundancy, and it was a bunch of Power Point slides, plus a guy reading out what was on the slides, and then he gave us all hard copies (Reading Quotes) Nothing perhaps increases by indulgence more than a desultory habit of reading, especially under such opportunities of gratifying it (Reading Quotes) I think we should always remember that reading - the experience of a book - is a very private, very personal kind of thing. Sometimes the best response to such an experience is: silence (Reading Quotes) This book will take you two days to read. Did you even see the cover? It's mostly pink. If you're reading this book every night for months, something is not right (Reading Quotes) It amazes me that filmmakers will still film, and audiences will still watch, relationships so bankrupt of human feeling that the characters could be reading dialogue written by a computer (Reading Quotes) There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin (Reading Quotes) We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars (Reading Quotes) Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; and they are the life, the soul of reading; take them out of this book for instance, you might as well take the book along with them (Reading Quotes) She was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same - you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again (Reading Quotes) If all your responses to a book have already been duplicated and expanded upon by a professional critic, then what point is there to your reading? Only that it's yours (Reading Quotes) Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems (Reading Quotes) I am not unique in my elegiac sadness at watching reading die, in the era that celebrates Stephen King and J. K. Rowling rather than Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll (Reading Quotes) The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers (Reading Quotes) Like television, motion pictures, and computers, [Stephen] King has replaced reading... the triumph of the genial King is a large emblem of the failures of American education (Reading Quotes) When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing a book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it (Reading Quotes) Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column (Reading Quotes) My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop up ads (Reading Quotes) Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth has been wasted (Reading Quotes) The documents were in English - sort of - but the language was so convoluted that it was beginning to give her a headache. It made for even duller reading than her chemistry text (Reading Quotes) I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round (Reading Quotes) There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs (Reading Quotes) To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain (Reading Quotes) Nothing was worse than reading too late and falling asleep two or three pages into a novel (Reading Quotes) Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species (Reading Quotes) We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing (Reading Quotes) If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world (Reading Quotes) You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write (Reading Quotes) A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive (Reading Quotes) You write out of experience, and a large part of that experience is the life of the spirit; reading is the liberation into the minds of others (Reading Quotes)

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