#reading

My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry. ↗

— Reynolds Price

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If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a constant spreading out of that five minutes. ↗

— Richard Price

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Next door to Ethiopia spreading out along the strategic Red Sea coastline is Eritrea, a relatively new country, and a place that few Americans seem to fully understand. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#coastline #country #door #ethiopia #few

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction. ↗

— James Rollins

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I have always been passionate about travelling. Credits to the books for they were invented. If not, I might not be able to reach my dream. ↗

— Haidy Santos

#dreams

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#burn #culture #destroy #get #just

Reading music is like listening to flowers. I don't understand the concept. ↗

— Paul Westerberg

#flowers #i #like #listening #music

I do a lot of reading of news so I can be smarter, and I do a lot of watching TV news so I can know why Americans aren't very smart. Then I can point out the hypocrisy of politicians or the media. ↗

— Lizz Winstead

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