...Quotes on Reading, Writing @ Literature...

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:07 PM

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:07 PM

“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:08 PM

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
― Francis Bacon

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:08 PM

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:10 PM

“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
― Bertrand Russell

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:11 PM

“I cannot live without books.”
― Thomas Jefferson

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:13 PM

“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
― J.K. Rowling

arinn · Post time 2-2-2017 02:14 PM

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot