#reading

They're book addicts. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#humor #reading #humor

Words have the greatest power to inflict everlasting pain. Words have the greatest power to heal the soul. ↗

— Aneta Cruz

#reading #words-of-wisdom #writing #imagination

Nothing was truly unbearable if you had something to read. ↗

— Jincy Willett

#reading #writing-books

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#learn

A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#backward #characteristic #communities #more #nationalism

Read! When your baby is finally down for the night, pick up a juicy book like Eat, Pray, Love or Pride and Prejudice or my personal favorite, Understanding Sleep Disorders: Narcolepsy and Apnea; A Clinical Study. Taking some time to read each night really taught me how to feign narcolepsy when my husband asked me what my “plan” was for taking down the Christmas tree. ↗

— Tina Fey

#reading #love

I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical. ↗

— Christian Bale

#came #cape #covering #damn #damn thing

Hard work makes easy reading or, at least, easier reading. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#easy #easy reading #hard #hard work #least

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action. ↗

— George P. Baker

#always #any #great #however #loses

The attitude of the actor is his interpretation of what he reads, and the written word is what creates the role in the actor's mind, and I guess in reading the things that were given to me, I reacted as you guys saw me, you know. ↗

— Gene Barry

#attitude #creates #given #guess #guys