To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of read more

I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

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

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

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.