#reading

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#continually #day #else #enough #every

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#easy #easy reading #few #great #greek

I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#generally #hack #i #like #lips

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#i #i am #kind #other #people

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#kind #other #people #reading #think

I've done a number of readings at poetry lounges in Vancouver and Los Angeles. I've compiled a book of poetry that's completed, and two others I'm working on. ↗

— Corin Nemec

#book #compiled #completed #done #i

Language is remarkable, except under the extreme constraints of mathematics and logic, it never can talk only about what it's supposed to talk about but is always spreading around. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#always #around #constraints #except #extreme

The fat lady hasn't sung yet. We'll wait until we get a look at what is in the motion passed on third reading. ↗

— Bobby Orr

#get #hasn #lady #look #motion

I'm not very good at relaxing. Reading's the main thing. On the bus, on the tube, on the loo. Literally all the time. I mean, I don't think there's a moment of the day when I wouldn't be if I was left alone. ↗

— Samuel West

#bus #day #good #i #left

I do try not to spend much time reading in the suspense genre. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#i #i do #much #reading #spend