#reading

Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes ↗

— Daniel Pennac

#reading #rights #right

It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book. ↗

— Maureen Corrigan

#people #reading #alone

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you. ↗

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

#reading #truth #read

It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#old-books #reading #read

Having come to the conclusion that there was so much to do that she didn’t know where to start, Mrs Fowler decided not to start at all. She went to the library, took Diary of a Nobody from the shelves and, returning to her wicker chair under the lime tree, settled down to waste what precious hours still remained of the day. ↗

— Richmal Crompton

#libraries #reading #time #to-do-list #family

It's not hard to read about death abstractly. I do find it tough when a character I love dies, of course. You can truly miss characters. Not like you miss people, but you can still miss them. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#death #life #missing-someone #reading #death

I'm good at reading people. ↗

— Al Alvarez

#i #people #reading

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the readings with me because he knew I was there for him, and for our ability to blend the poetry and the music. ↗

— David Amram

#because #blend #did #him #i

It's gratifying that it does; I love to give readings. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#give #gratifying #i #i love #love

I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again. ↗

— Chester Brown

#because #despite #doing #done #enjoyed