#reader

We love books because they are the greatest escape. That is because our own minds eye is the purest form of virtual reality. ↗

— M.R. Mathias

#m-r-mathias #michael-robb #profound-realizations #quotes-that-make-sense #reader

The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'... He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#books #criticism #humor #interpretation #literature

There is enough said. Trouble no quiet, kind heart; leave sunny imaginations hope. Let it be theirs to conceive the delight of joy born again fresh out of great terror, the rapture of rescue from peril, the wondrous reprieve from dread, the fruition of return. Let them picture union and a happy succeeding life. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#emmanuel #happy-endings #hope #love #readers-and-writers

...you can use words if you wish, but I'm warning you - I've learned how to read your heart ... ↗

— John Geddes

#heart-reader #poetry-love #words #love

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion. ↗

— William Safire

#become #companion #contents #familiar #hold

No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language. ↗

— Fisher Ames

#became #become #being #bible #eloquent

It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#function #governments #i #i think #known

I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#how #i #intelligent #mind #old

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#after #communication #critics #form #gave

I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually. ↗

— Helen Garner

#book #completely #doing #engagement #i