#boo

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#books #how #know #men #ought

You cannot open a book without learning something. ↗

— Confucius

#cannot #learning #open #something #without

When I was in fourth grade... this wonderful teacher said you didn't have to write a book report, you could just talk about the book, you could do a drawing of the book, you could write a play inspired by the book, and that's what I did. I got to be so famous. I had to go around to every school and perform it. It was just so natural and fun. ↗

— Didi Conn

#around #book #could #did #drawing

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#confident #control #feel #going #hand

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. ↗

— Richard Wright

#beaten #books #dream #experience #i