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Letter "R" » Reading
«A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.»
Author: Augustine Birrell
| About:
Reading
| Keywords:
bath, conspirator, conspirators, conventional, innovative, readers, relaxing
«A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.»
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
| About:
Reading
| Keywords:
computer screen, contrast, contrasted, contrasts, screen, screened, screening, screens, screen out
«A book is a story for the mind. A song is a story for the soul.»
«Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.»
Author: P. J. O'Rourke
(Humorist, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Reading
| Keywords:
Die in, in the middle, middle
«A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose top is in the sky.»
«[Readers] who like facts will be better off with a straight history that spares them all the forelock tugging and teacup tinkling.»
«A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and renews his life through reading new books, traveling to new places, making new friends, taking up new hobbies and adopting new viewpoints»
«A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.»
«After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
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Reading,
Writers
| Keywords:
journal, journals, Journal of, letter, receiving, The Journal
«A home without books is a body without soul.»
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