#read

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes. ↗

— Joseph Stalin

#any #begins #conference #death #defend

I'm not ready to get married, but I have a pretty great family and I'd like that too, someday. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#get #get married #great #i #like

Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#already #become #competencies #daily #daily life

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

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

Något av det viktigaste i all konst: att överlåta en anständig del åt läsaren, betraktaren, den medverkande. Det ska finnas en tom plats vid det dukade bordet. Den är hans. ↗

— Gunnar Ekelöf

#reception #the-reader #art