#reading

He held up a book then. “I'm going to read it to you for relax.” “Does it have any sports in it?” “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders... Pain. Death. Brave men. Cowardly men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles.” “Sounds okay,” I said and I kind of closed my eyes. ↗

— William Goldman

#reading #death

...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That's finesse. ↗

— Shandy L. Kurth

#books #reading #sequel #writing #faith

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#healing #reading #life

[A]s Agatha Swanburne once said, 'To be kept waiting is unfortunate, but to be kept waiting with nothing interesting to read is a tragedy of Greek proportions. ↗

— Maryrose Wood

#greek-tragedy #humor #reading #humor

You can never be wise unless you love reading. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#life

There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book. ↗

— Betty MacDonald

#candy #cozy #reading #mac

Reading every day keeps the brain dead sickness away. ↗

— Kristy Pellegrin

#reading #humor

I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#imagination

After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more. ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#imagination

Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another. ↗

— Amy Plum

#escape #imagination-reading #read #universe #world