In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.  Stéphane Mallarmé

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school.Jonathan Kozol

In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you. Leo Durocher

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. Jimmy Buffett 

is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.Ryszard Kapuscinski

It is a common temptation of Satan to make us give up the reading of the Word and prayer when our enjoyment is gone; as if it were of no use to read the Scriptures when we do not enjoy them, and as if it were no use to pray when we have no spirit of prayer.George Muller

It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little. Denis Parsons Burkitt

It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise.  Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind. Sydney Smith

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.  Something that will stretch their imaginations--something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own. Katherine Patterson

It is not true that we have only one life to live;  if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.S.I. Hayakawa