The imperative to take notes as one read moved the seventeenth century Jesuit scholar Jeremias Drexel to write that, 'reading is useless, vain and silly when no writing is involved, unless you are reading [devotionally] Thomas a Kempis or some such. ...
When I say to a parent, 'read to a child,' I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.
Reading non-fiction without writing notes is like chewing without swallowing. You will get the taste of it but digest nothing
Just as an apple a day keeps the doctor away,a book a week keeps the mind ever sleek
I write things that I would like to read myself.
There are books for when you're bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you're calm. The best kind, in my opinion. There are also books for when you're sad. And there are books for when you're happy. There are books for when you're thirsty fo...
I love reading. It gives me somewhere to be, somewhere to be accepted and somewhere to be found. But most of all, it's because I don't want to face reality. And who would? Not me! My life is too miserable and way too depressing. So until it gets bett...
Your words seduced me,captured and imprisoned me in a world of wonders. Enthralled, I lie at your feet,slayed and yearning for more of your magic.
I hate books that are hard to read. It takes me a month to finish it and by that time I've forgotten some of the characters and what happened at the beginning. But then again, maybe I shouldn't read 3 books at once
A good book is like really loved item at a really good restaurant, every time you go there you order it to see if it tastes like you remember, only to find out it is even BETTER than you remembered!
That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing.
I hate how books do this to you. They destroy your soul, pick and prod them till the bleed, stab your eyes so you have no choice but cry, yet...” she paused, “yet you cannot help but love them.
We shouldn’t ask if life has a meaning, we should ask to whom life has what kinds of meanings
The amount of excitement when you say hi will be paid back when you say bye!
Bad eyesight is a very good thing when in love
Great writers wield their words like a weapon; a double-edged sword to strike their readers with truth where they least expect it. -Matthew D. Forgenti
Some people are like fireworks: alluring from a distance, but fatal close up
It takes two people to get together, but only one person to leave
Love is staring into someone's eyes, and not being able to imagine more
Capitulating when losing is an issue in war; capitulating when winning is an issue in love
Imbalanced reactions are discreet indicators of previous scars
