#ding

Zach kissed her forehead. "I'm not going to let anything like that happen to you again. You're going to live out your days as the cosseted and cherished wife of a chief deputy U.S. Marshal. ↗

— Pamela Clare

#romantic-suspense #romantic

You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history ↗

— Iain Banks

#reading #sci-fi #science

We read to know that we are not alone. ↗

— William Nicholson

#alone

They didn't understand what they were doing. I'm afraid that will be on the tombstone of the human race. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#humanity #science #understanding #science

We understand more than we know. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#science #understanding #wisdom #science

A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it. ↗

— David Mitchell

#dreams

That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment. ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#reading #love

Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true. ↗

— Mary Ann Shaffer

#society

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on. ↗

— Richard Carlson

#teen

I survived by keeping my emotions in check – by maintaining my composure and tucking it all away. I managed to stay under the radar, skating through school without anyone truly remembering I was here. My teachers acknowledged my academic successes and my coaches depended upon my athletic abilities, but I wasn’t important enough to make a recognizable social contribution. I was easily forgettable. That’s what I counted on. ↗

— Rebecca Donovan

#secret #teacher