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Reading a good book in silence is like eating chocolate for the rest of your life and never getting fat. — Becca Fitzpatrick

No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading. — Orson Scott Card

Reading leads to good character development. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Most commanders wanted as many good sources of information as possible. MacArthur was focused on limiting and controlling his sources of intelligence. — David Halberstam

I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. — John Millington Synge

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want. — Justine Larbalestier

A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a college dance. — Phyllis McGinley

As any avid reader knew, a good read deserved a good seat. — David S.E. Zapanta

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If you're reading this sentence then you've pretty much got it. Good job. Just keep going the way you are. — Demetri Martin

No matter where you hide your emotions, a good book brings it out. — Maniparna Sengupta Majumder

When you get me a good man made out of arguments, I will get you a good dinner with reading you the cookery-book. — George Eliot

The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

If you read a book which does not make you wonder, ponder! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The only thing a closed book is good for is a table that wobbles. Be an open book. — A.D. Posey

Bad eyesight is a very good thing when in love — Ela Crain

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. — Holbrook Jackson

I think it's important to find projects that evoke people into conversation. It's like reading a good book. You want to talk about it. — Juno Temple

So you're a reader," My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection. — Denis Markell

Sometimes I get jealous when I'm reading a great book by a younger writer. But 'White Tiger' is so good, I almost forgot to hate Aravind Adiga. — David Benioff

The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth. — Criss Jami

I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once? — Bill Willingham

Reading. That was the sport I was good at. — George R R Martin

Anything that spreads books and brings about more books, I would say it is good. Good medicine, not bad. — Jenny Colgan

I began to imitate what I was reading, and I started to become a poet, even though what I was writing were not good poems. — Edward Hirsch

I often feel sorry for people who don't read good books; they are missing a chance to lead an extra life. — Scott Corbett

You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong. — David Levithan

It's not reading and whatever that makes you good or bad. It's whether you rape people, or get addicted to crack and go out mugging. — Nick Hornby

I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing. — Patricia Polacco

To think without a proper amount of good reading is to limit our thinking to our own tiny plot of ground. — A.W. Tozer

Read. You can always talk with another reader. — Rorke Denver

Hurried reading can never be good reading — Georg Joachim Goschen

Reading books is good,
Rereading good books is better. — Lawrence Clark Powell

Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair — Stephen King

Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one. — Robert Byrne

There is such seduction in a library of good books that I cannot resist the temptation to luxuriate in reading. — John Quincy Adams

A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit. — David Sedaris

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page? — Shannon Hale

It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading. — Mike Tyson

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. — John Locke

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. — Joseph Addison

All my good reading, you might say, was done in the toilet. — Henry Miller

One can't prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. — Rudyard Kipling

She ate toast in bed, then reread a favorite book, taking comfort from a story where she knew the outcome would be good and just and right. — Sarah Mayberry

An attentive reader will always learn more, and more quickly, from good authors than from life. — Herve Le Tellier

Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. Both are good when both are possible. Otherwise, prayer is better than reading. — Isidore Of Seville

A good reading strengthens the soul. — Toba Beta

People adore bad reviews. Nobody would be interested in reading the good ones. — Jay Rayner

We can read a good spiritual book in search of information or in search of God. We will find only what we're looking for. — Ron Brackin

Reading a good book helps us to feel un-alone. — John Green

We can read; reading is almost as good as doing. — V.C. Andrews

If we could follow the slogan that says,"Turn off the TV and open a good book" we would do something of substance for a future generation. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. — Louisa May Alcott

When you pick up a script and you can't stop reading it because it's a real page-turner, that's a good sign. — Karl Urban

I believe we do well to fall asleep each night with books. We enter the library of our dreams in good company then. — Robert Stephen Parry

Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't. — Mark Twain

Always remember the words of Descartes: The reading of all good books is like conversion with the finest men of the past centuries. — Rachel Caine

The reading room for suckas," Dr. Tennessee says. "The back stacks where all the good shit hiding. — Daniel Jose Older

Reading is a light. — Larry Good

Reading a good book is like being able to dream while you're awake. The best part is knowing you can re-enter that dream, whenever you wish. — J.Z. Bingham

Who needs sleep when you have a good book? — Elizabeth Ann Patterson

I wasn't that bothered with school; I was too mad into horses. But I liked reading and was good enough at English and always liked music. — Kate Thompson

We spend great sum of money to buy good books, so that we can satisfy our pleasure of reading. — Lailah Gifty Akita

A good book is hard to read, on account of how often it makes you stop and think. — Chris Brady

Reading is a joy for my kids, and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer. — Marcia Gay Harden

A good dose of fantasy is exercise for your sensibilities; it keeps your avatar strong. — Richelle E. Goodrich

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. — Richard Baxter

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books. — Nelson Mandela

The idea that fast reading is good reading is a twentieth-century weed, springing out of the stony farmland cultivated by the computer manufacturers. — Susan Wise Bauer

Other good reading from Japan includes Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen, with its heroine who finds whatever comfort she can in food; Miyuki — Nancy Pearl

I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. — Julia Glass

Good fiction often gives us characters in extremity, which ironically gives us a clearer mirror in which to see ourselves. — Sarah Van Arsdale

It's a good poem if I'm a different person when I'm finished reading it. — Brandon Stanton

If winter helps you curl up and more that makes it one of the best of the seasons. — Murray Pura

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat. — Lord Chesterfield

Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. — Mary Ann Shaffer

There is no better adviser than a good book. — Debasish Mridha

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book. — John Bosco

Read good books to improve your life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm good at finding things to do on my own, even if it's just reading. — Robert Webb

The saying "the cherry on top" is only a good metaphor if the person listening or reading actually likes cherries on top of their ice cream. — Christopher Jones

Reading serves as a good escape when you're in the middle of doing crazy things. — Carly Rae Jepsen

I can't fall asleep at night when reading a good book. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up. — Roy Wood

Who needs a stupid grampa-loving, book-reading, good-smelling boy who I like to talk to? — Cecil Castellucci

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. — Vera Nazarian

Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading. — Arthur Christiansen

Experience life, pick up a good book and appreciate the moment, for the moment, not the replay. — Serina Hartwell

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. — Ramakrishna

You live several lives while reading [a good book]. — William Styron

Life isn't really short. There are just too many good books to read in one lifetime. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mice: But reading all the good writers might discourage you.
Y.C.: Then you ought to be discouraged. — Ernest Hemingway,

Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier. — Amanda Hocking

I JUST FINISHED READING WOLF RIDER SUCH A GOOD BOOK...YOU HAVE TO TO READ IT!!!! — Avi

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love. — Orhan Pamuk

Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement. — Sara Sheridan

What I love is slowness. Slow people, slow reading, slow traveling, slow eggs, and slow love. Everything good comes slow. — Lynne Sharon Schwartz

I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call — Larry McMurtry

Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends. — Mas Oyama

Get a good book, get few bottles of water or few cups of tea/coffee or Chocolate milk and start reading. — Deyth Banger