I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century. Votes: 4
Lawrence FerlinghettiIf one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. Votes: 4
Oscar WildeThere are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. Votes: 3
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowSpending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself. Votes: 3
Marilyn vos SavantYou have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book. Votes: 3
John WatersIsn't it wonderful how dogs can win friends and influence people without ever reading a book. Votes: 3
Charles E. McKenzieI enjoy the idea that even though I'm resting, I'm accomplishing something by reading a book. Votes: 3
Evangeline LillyI don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book. Votes: 3
Bear GryllsI think of reading a book as no less an experience than travelling or falling in love. Votes: 3
Jorge Luis BorgesA wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book. Votes: 3
Robert M. GatesI still believe that sitting down and reading a book is the best way to really learn something. Votes: 3
Eric SchmidtI've been reading a book lately. That book is Thom Yorke, and the conclusion is that he's brilliant. Votes: 3
Thom YorkeWhen I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me. Votes: 3
Jonathan SwiftSo I'm reading a book on my new iPad, but can't the iPad read it for me? Do I have to do everything? Votes: 3
Matthew PerryI think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it. Votes: 2
Umberto EcoWhat a sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which everyone else is reading. Votes: 2
Alice JamesI fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom. Votes: 2
Heinrich HeineWhen you broadcast your book reading voluntarily, it creates moments of fascinating serendipity. Votes: 0
Clive ThompsonWho needs a stupid grampa-loving, book-reading, good-smelling boy who I like to talk to? Votes: 0
Cecil CastellucciBeppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page. Votes: 0
Douglas AdamsReading a book should not be a passive exercise, but rather a raucous conversation. Votes: 0
Studs TerkelShe thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. Votes: 0
Jeffrey EugenidesIf you enjoy books with happy endings than you are better off reading some other book. Votes: 0
Daniel HandlerThe book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii) Votes: 0
Michael Ben ZehabeThe Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Olsen'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it. Votes: 0
Elizabeth OlsenReading the Book of Mormon is one of the greatest persuaders to get men on missions. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonMy father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head. Votes: 0
William Butler YeatsReading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves. Votes: 0
Jonathan MessingerOnce I finished reading a good book, it gives me a hard time coping up with reality. Votes: 0
Nathalie M. LlantoReading a book by someone you respect allows some of their brilliance to rub off on you. Votes: 0
Robin SharmaAnyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. Votes: 0
Lin YutangI was in three of the Harry Potter films without reading one of those book, quite thankfully. Votes: 0
Tom FeltonHow many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauWhat sense of superiority it gives one to escape reading some book which every one else is reading. Votes: 0
Alice JamesBut if you have a book that needs urgent reading,' she said, 'then Hakim is your man. Votes: 0
Khaled HosseiniOh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it. Votes: 0
Jane AustenI had no idea that reading it would lead me to a cabin. It's dangerous to open a book Votes: 0
Sylvain TessonMost of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us. Votes: 0
Alain de BottonReading what you want, and having one book lead to the next, is the way I found my discipline. Votes: 0
Joseph CampbellYou think of the book you'd most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it. Votes: 0
J. D. SalingerWhether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it. Votes: 0
Bill VaughanHow do you know that you are not part of a book? That someone's not reading your story right now? Votes: 0
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