1778 Reading Quotes for You to Enjoy

I don't feel like literature has the power to alienate. I think that's something people feel if they don't connect with a work of art. But I don't think a work of art can actively reject the person who's looking at it or reading it. Eleanor Catton

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In reading the scriptures of truth, we often put wrong constructions upon them, and apply them improperly; and I apprehend it has often been the case in relation to this portion, particularly that part in relation to man's seeking out many inventions. Elias Hicks

I like a novel to have a certain amount of dead time and filler - unremarkable scenery, descriptions of getting from point A to point B, dialogue in which not much is said - in between the parts that are electric. With a long work that you don't read in one sitting, I think that makes for the best reading experience. Elif Batuman

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Reading Epictetus, I realized that most of the pain in my life came not from any actual privations or insults but, rather, from the shame of thinking that they could have been avoided. Elif Batuman

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I am a very nerdy reader in that I am as disciplined about my reading as I am about my writing. Elin Hilderbrand

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I consider reading to be part of my job. Elin Hilderbrand

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I had a Kindle for a brief while, but I dropped it in the ocean, and that was the end of electronic reading for me. Elin Hilderbrand

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I've tried to tell my kids: If you're reading something engrossing, you'll never, ever be bored. Elin Hilderbrand

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I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. Elisabeth Shue

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