11 quotes found
“Reading, writing, and personal introspection will not protect us from hardship and suffering, but they might introduce us to critical thinking and expose us to what is good in humankind and beautif...”
“Heaven would be a comfortable chair, a library, Diet Coke, and an occasional cheese pizza. Sex once in a while. No talking. ~ Drew Stirling”
“Reading is one of the most common habit among the most successful people.”
“Reading literature and engaging in writing breaks through the mental rigidity that experience and repetition breeds.”
“By reading books, you lose your old self and you find your new self! To read is to travel from self to another self!”
“A bran' new book is a beautiful thing, all promise and fresh pages, the neatly squared spine, the brisk sense of a journey beginning. But a well-worn book also has its pleasures, the soft caress an...”
“If everyone could learn how to read books properly and how to use them as effective tools for daily living, the facilities of colleges could easily go out of existence without any loss to society.'...”
“Authors do not need to offer us the answers to such weighty questions such as how to live and prepare us to accept death. The aim of a writers is to frame worldly questions that allow all readers t...”
“When you fail, embrace it. Bleed. Get hurt. Lose your religion. That's the only way you will do amazing things.”
“Life is too short to waste your time with bad books.”
