reading-books

It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological research that shows reading novels is actually good for you. It embeds you in society and makes you think about other people. People are certainly better at all sorts of things if they can hold a novel in their heads. It is quite a skill, but if you can't do it then you're missing out on something in life. I think you can tell, when you meet someone, whether they read novels or not. There is some little hollowness if they don't.

when you read once, you get the understanding ; when you read twice, you get the second understanding. Don't just read, read!

A good book...leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.

Bravery isn't brandishing a sword. It's standing your moral ground and letting others try their best to take you down.

One can__ prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person.

You could probably live without mastering the ability. But the ability to read those books_it__l introduce you to new worlds and new thoughts. You can learn a lot about a man from the books he treasures.

Meggie thought this first whisper sounded a little different from one book to another, depending on weather or not she already knew the story it was going to tell her.

Good stories never wear out, re-gift a book!

To live in books is cowardly---but people are not worth investigation.

I read like the flame reads the wood.

...reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds reveal to us only the best of their thoughts

You have to read a book at the right time for you, and I am sure this cannot be insisted on too often, for it is the key to the enjoyment of literature.

Literacy: Blessing? Or curse?

Books have immortalized great minds. Books have kept ancients secrets alive. A world which least value books, least value the real essence of wisdom and least know how to preserve what is precious!

You read a lot?" Galina finally asked."Yes. It's an escape into another world." She tried to keep her words light instead of sad, thoughts of her family in her head. "Sometimes that is the best part of a hard day.

The question isn't whether I have time to read or not (time that nobody will ever give me, by the way), but whether I'll allow myself the pleasure of being a reader.

There is no greater joy than to share what you love with those who appreciate it.

SUPPORT LITERACY! A child who cannot read cannot text.