Jane Austen Quotes, Book Quotes, Reading Quotes

... But he recommended the books which charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and corrected her judgment; he made reading useful by talking to her of what she read, and heightened its attraction by judicious praise.

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Force yourself to reflect on what you read, paragraph by paragraph.

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Tags : Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes , Reading Quotes , Literacy Quotes

The way to rock oneself back into writing is this. First gentle exercise in the air. Second the reading of good literature. It is a mistake to think that literature can be produced from the raw. One must get out of life...one must become externalised; very, very concentrated, all at one point, not having to draw upon the scattered parts of one's character, living in the brain.

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I am reading Henry James...and feel myself as one entombed in a block of smooth amber.

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Tokyo Heist is a fast-paced, exotic reading adventure, a story where The da Vinci Code meets the wildly popular manga genre! Author Diana Renn infuses protagonist Violet with plenty of chikara (power) and Renn's fresh, spot-on author's voice is irresistible. I couldn't put it down!

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There is no Frigate like a book to take us lands away nor any coursers like a page of prancing Poetry.

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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.

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The heart is the only book worth reading.

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We read often with as much talent as we write.

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When you're reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call "taking up with a writer," something happens.

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Camerado! This is no book; who touches this touches a man.

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A man is known by the books he reads.

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I believe in open government. I've always believed in open government. I don't e-mail, however. And there's a reason: I don't want you reading my personal stuff.

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Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.

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Sometimes I think heaven must be one continuous unexhausted reading.

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Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.

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A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

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To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

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Tags : A.C. Grayling Quotes , Reading Quotes , Views Quotes

Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it's right, it's easy. It's the other way round, too. If it's slovenly written, then it's hard to read. It doesn't give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.

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Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Reading Quotes , Writing Quotes

People are reading more and writing more because of the internet. So the virtual world is a way for me to listen to my readers and interact with my readers. It is a way that they can voice their opinion.

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