writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his

company.
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you

To read a

read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.

when all other pleasures fade.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
A writer only begins a book. A

reader finishes it. If you can

ponder a little.
The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

read this, thank a teacher.

The habit of reading is the only enjoymen t in which there is no alloy; it lasts

It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and

Reading without reflecting is like eating

Reading

without digesting

has given me more satisfact ion than really anything else.

Once you learn to

read, you will be forever free.

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend

in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

weapon against intoleran ce and ignoranc e.

everyw here.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

Readi

book is the most effective

ng is a discoun t ticket to

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for

reading