Quotes on reading

learn much a thinker reads—in particular, likes disdains—as writes him — Rodney Ulyate

Rodney Ulyate
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People now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion every thing taught — Samuel Johnson, Life Samuel Johnson Including a Journal a Tour Hebrides, Vol 2

Samuel Johnson The Life of Samuel Johnson Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides Vol 2
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education neglected, passionately fond reading. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; Or, Modern Prometheus

Frankenstein; Or Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley the Modern Prometheus
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jail time a years ago. Spent a whole summer jail reading books. pumped — Tommy Lee

Tommy Lee
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A clever schoolboy’s reaction reading naturally expressed parody imita — C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis
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Libraries allow children ask questions world find answers. wonderful t — Laura Bush

Laura Bush
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Hey, Geekoid!” yelled Duncan Dougal, “Why read much? Don’t know watch — Bruce Coville, Teacher Alien

Bruce Coville My Teacher is an Alien
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best book one informs merely, one stirs reader inform himself. — A.W. Tozer, Man Dwelling Place God

A.W. Tozer Man The Dwelling Place Of God
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read, led abhor detest enslavers. regard no light a band successful ro — Frederick Douglass, Narrative Life Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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lolled three years Girton kind books equally read home–Jane Austen, D — Ian McEwan, Atonement

Atonement Ian McEwan
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