Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein
A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer. – Anthony Liccione
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond. – C.S. Lewis
Friend: What’s that book about? Me: *handing my friend the book* Here, read it.
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. – Oscar Wilde
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. – Robert Frost
Reading brings us unknown friends. – Honoré de Balzac
The mere brute pleasure of reading – the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield
We read to know that we are not alone. – William Nicholson
If you believe everything you read, better not read. – Japanese Proverb
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. – Rene Descartes
Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end. – Adolf Hitler
The wise man reads both books and life itself. – Lin Yutang
What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books. – Thomas Carlyle
With exercising we keep our bodies healthy and with reading we exercise our brains. – Sipho P Nkosi
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. – Aldous Huxley
My best, and only, bff is my books. They won’t judge me, and they tell me about all they are. No one can tell a story as good as my books can. Sure, a movie can show me people trying to be my book, but we all know they are only doing it to get cash. Stop watching a movie, and start reading a fiction novel!!!
If I could always read I should never feel the want of company. – Lord Byron
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. – Ray Bradbury
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. – Edmund Burke
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