I love to lose myself in other men's minds.
When I am not walking, I am reading;
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I love to lose myself in other men's minds.
When I am not walking, I am reading;
I cannot sit and think. Books think for me.
- Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more read more

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before

Night after night,
He sat and bleared his eyes with books.

Night after night,
He sat and bleared his eyes with books.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw read more

We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw it.

We read to know we are not alone.

We read to know we are not alone.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.