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 bookdaygood Change image and share on social
Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader. Julian Barnes absentartauthor Change image and share on social
Reading is a possession, a march toward a possession. Italo Calvino marchpossessionread Change image and share on social
Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage point. Steven Pinker headobserveperson Change image and share on social
Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities. Ben Okri actbuildcastle Change image and share on social
Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work. Khaled Hosseini actactiveimaginative Change image and share on social
Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual. Jorge Luis Borges activitycivilintellectual Change image and share on social
Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist. Edwin Louis Cole artartistform Change image and share on social
Reading is an exercise for learning how to write and vice versa. I have read myself into being a Christian, but I have also written myself into being a Christian. Stanley Hauerwas christianexerciselearn Change image and share on social