Books were something that happened to readers. Readers were the victims of books.
The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.
Readers are the glue that binds the books together.
You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.
Many writers make the mistake of making their readers appear like Lazarus, without any iota of care, throwing down books to readers to crunch as if they are dogs.
I believe books should be like a prime rib steak ~ good and thick.
It is not in the gene of an Intellectually blinded person to experience the paradise in the writer's imagination.
Those who spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pass...
I grasp words for the sake of clutching My mind considers them heart touchingRight then I write for my reader's pleasureNot knowing what distance a soul can measure
The act of reading will enrich your life.Become a lifelong learner and a reader.
Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should have talked before I dared to write it. I never launch any little essay...