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We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read because...more

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But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything’s handed to you on a plate, nothing has to be w...more

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We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk, or because it t...more

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Reader's Bill of Rights1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anyt...more

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When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!

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We human beings build houses because we're alive, but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable, but we read becau...more

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Our children start out as good readers and will remain so if the adults around them nourish their enthusiasm instead of trying to prove themselves. If...more

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What we need to understand is that books weren't written so that young people could write essays about them, but so that they could read them if they ...more

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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 ...more

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Time to read is always time stolen. (Like time to write, for that matter, or time to love).Stolen from what?From the tyranny of living.

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If reading isn't about communication, it is, in the end, about sharing. But a deferred and fiercely selective kind of sharing.

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Rather than allowing a book's intelligence to speak through our mouths, we replace it with our own intelligence as we talk about it. Rather than actin...more

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Reassured, we left their bedroom without understanding-- or wanting to admit-- that what a child learns first isn't the act but the gestures that acco...more

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We see that that ritual of reading every evening at the end of the bed when they were so little--set time, set gestures-- was like a prayer.