#read

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#book #only #page #read #those

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#bubble #dig #good #just #ready

We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread. ↗

— Paul Auster

#day #follow #lose #narrative #next

In running, I can internalize that intensity. I can handle it because it's me and I'm coming back in the next race. I'm always ready for the next race. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#back #because #coming #handle #i

In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#computer #generator #guitar #moving #ok

I think we all realized that we had really been replicating things that had already been happening. I don't know if we were smart enough to realize that we were in a cul-de-sac, but we were curious. ↗

— David Baker

#been #curious #enough #had #happening

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free. ↗

— John Barrymore

#free verse #i #modern #read #set

No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results? ↗

— John Barton

#any #easily #expect #fast #grasped

Everyone’s talking about the death and disappearance of the book as a format and an object. I don’t think that will happen. I think whatever happens, we have to figure out a way to protect our imaginations. Stories and poetry do that. You need a language in this world. People want words, they want to hear their situation in language, and find a way to talk about it. It allows you to find a language to talk about your own pain. If you give kids a language, they can use it. I think that’s what these educators fear. If you really educate these kids, they aren’t going to punch you in the face, they are going to challenge you with your own language. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#literacy #online-interview #power-of-reading #reading #death

Reading should be a repeat performance. ↗

— John Barton

#reading #repeat #should