#reading

How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked. “Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging. ↗

— John Green

#reading #talking #humor

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#healing #reading #life

You can never be wise unless you love reading. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#life

There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book. ↗

— Betty MacDonald

#candy #cozy #reading #mac

Reading every day keeps the brain dead sickness away. ↗

— Kristy Pellegrin

#reading #humor

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#imagination

After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#imagination

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another. ↗

— Amy Plum

#escape #imagination-reading #read #universe #world

People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it? ↗

— Lemmy Kilmister

#imagination #lemmy-kilmister #reading #imagination

Maybe Heaven will be a library. Then I will be able to finish my to-read list. ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#books #heaven #heaven-quotes #imagination #reading