#read

I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. ↗

— Scott Corbett

#life

Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#literature #reading #life

It is not true that 'we have only one life to live'; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ↗

— S.I. Hayakawa

#life

I do not read for I have renounced life, I read because one life is just not enough for me. ↗

— Abbas Al-Akkad

#life #read #life

If you`re wondering how you`ll find time, it means you don`t really want to read. Because nobody`s ever got time. Children certainly haven`t, nor have teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way. <...> Time to read is always time stolen. <...> Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living.”- p.125 ↗

— Daniel Pennac

#literature #reading #life

Life without a Kindle is like life without a library nearby. ↗

— Franz McLaren

#ereader #kindle #life

Life happened because I turned the pages. ↗

— Alberto Manguel

#literature #reading #words #life

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#experience #fine #fine print #get #print

‎If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot…reading is the creative center of a writer’s life…you cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. ↗

— Stephen King

#writing #life

To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#book-stores #books #london #reading #life