500 Quotes by Reading

I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon pure and heroic action.

I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

One gains at least two to three times more experience grabbing the tiger by the tail than reading about it in a book.

In the library I felt better, words you could trust and look at till you understood them, they couldn’t change half way through a sentence like people, so it was easier to spot a lie.

I hope and hoping feeds my pain I weep and weeping feeds my failing heart I laugh but the laughter does not pass within I burn but the burning makes no mark outside.

Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.

A word after a word after a word is power.