Reading Books quotes
21 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"I read somewhere that 77 per cent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 per cent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves."
"This is a free country. Folks have a right to send me letters, and I have a right not to read them."
"Don't explain your author, read him right and he explains himself."
"Never read any book that is not a year old."
"i really like reading books"
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"I'm always reading books-as many as there are. I ration myself on them so that I'll always be in supply."
"Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS"
"O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught."
"Like most uneducated Englishwomen, I like reading--I like reading books in the bulk."
