81 Quotes by Daniel Pennac

I've never had time to read. But no one ever kept me from finishing a novel I loved.

Reader's Bill of Rights 1. 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 anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes

By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.

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 worked at, they just spoon-feed you. The picture, the sound, the scenery, the atmospheric music in case you haven't understood what the director's on about... The creaking door that tells you to be stiff. You have to imagine it all when you're reading.

You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream ...

A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.

The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.

L’architecture est art de suggestion.

Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.