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Naturally, since I myself am a writer, I do not wish the ordinary reader to read no modern books. Bu...

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For I need not remind such an audience as this that the neat sorting out of books into age-groups, s...

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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 wa...

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Make wise choices about what you read. Read only what is necessary or worthwhile. And then take the ...

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Eknath EaswaranTake Your Time: How to Find Patience

A neighbor once told me he had trouble with García Márquez’s novel because he likes to drink while h...

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Francine ProseReading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

Read what you find interesting, and then follow your interests. You'll find that in doing so you alw...

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In great thick dusty books he readAnd hardly ever went to bedBefore it was e

I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read fo...

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The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his nei...

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Books are almost as individual as friends. There is no earthly use in laying down general laws about...

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And it occurred to her that reading was, among other things, a muscle and one that she had seemingly...

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