I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do.
Mary Pope Osborne
Related My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them i... JON SCIESZKA The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s h... LAUREN BARNHOLDT There is something for everyone at our book sales. We usually have everything from science and scien... ESTHER BUCK I spent much of my prison time reading. I must have read over 200 large books, mostly fictional stor... FRAZIER GLENN MILLER I'm usually reading too many books - in fact, I'm usually reading enough books that if the s... NICK HARKAWAY I grew up reading books about heroic collies. CATHLEEN SCHINE I usually read four or five books from my reading log but sometimes I read other books just for info... MACKAY RASMUSSEN I love reading books that can break my heart. TAYLOR JENKINS REID One of the maddening ironies of writing books is that it leaves so little time for reading others... MARY ROACH I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; ... DAVID S. GOYER I love books. I enjoyed reading. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only ... VIRGINIA WOOLF Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage. PAT CONROY I have been very interested in the number of kids who have read the Sherlock Holmes books after read... LAURIE R. KING Where do I find the time for not reading so many books? KARL KRAUS I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read childr... JAMES HOWE The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. JOSEPH JOUBERT The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. JOHN WOODEN I like cups of tea and reading books and poetry and old people things. BINDI IRWIN I remember being a kid and reading all the dog books I could come across, both fiction and nonfictio... GAIL TORACINTA Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines,... JON SCIESZKA The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done... GRACE LIN Reading books doesn't make you smarter. Reading smart books makes you smarter. Reading dumb books ma... OLIVER MARKUS MALLOY I read a lot of science fiction and biography - these are my two favorite genres. My favorite scienc... BRAD FELD I particularly like the fact that there is no set list of books. Whatever books children choose coun... JACQUELINE WILSON The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. RENé DESCARTES The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. RENE DESCARTES I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful. BARBARA PARK [T]he only luxury he allows himself is buying books, paperback books, mostly novels, American novels... PAUL AUSTER All I wanted to do was go back inside to the library and read a book.I used to spend all my time rea... KATHRYN MAGENDIE The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. RENE DESCARTES One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance t... GILLIAN CROSS To me, re-reading my favorite books is like spending time with my best friends. I’d never be ... C.S. LEWIS It is usual to speak in a playfully apologetic tone about one’s adult enjoyment of what are called... C.S. LEWIS We're reading some of the books about the Titanic. We're going to see the exhibit at the museum in a... BEN RIVERS I'm reading six, seven, eight books at a time. CHRIS MURRAY My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little. HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS Reading books in one's youth is like looking at the moon through a crevice; reading books in middle ... LIN YUTANG My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm... JACK PRELUTSKY Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading. KATE MOSSE It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are disp... JANE AUSTEN I often find that a novel, even a well-written and compelling novel, can become a blur to me soon af... SVEN BIRKERTS I always seem to be reading several books at once. DREW GILPIN FAUST I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you n... ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA When I was nine I spent a lot of my time reading books about the history of comedy, or listening to ... PAUL MERTON Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. ANNE BRONTë And reading this way - with no deadline, no agenda - she remembered why she loved literature so much... EMILY MAGUIRE I've been on this kick reading about the beginning of forensic science: autopsies, fingerprintin... CAITLIN KITTREDGE Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. MARK TWAIN All good books are different but all bad books are exactly the same. I know this to be a fact becaus... ROBERT HARRIS When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into th... LYNN ABBEY I love being in the archives, traveling, sitting in dusty places and looking at books with brittle p... MOLLY ANTOPOL I was a librarian years ago, and I really liked reading the fun books (to kids) because the kids wou... CHARLIE WILLIAMS Books are still my favorite present. KAREN ROBARDS I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. OSCAR LEVANT I sometimes look at my bookshelf now and think about how someday I'm going to die without ever readi... JEFF ZENTNER I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time... JAMES PATTERSON Never underrate the power of books,by the time you get old & become idle,one thing that can keep you... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) I like Jo Nesbo and Hakan Nesser. There are so many good books in the world. I don't want to spe... MAJ SJOWALL When you add it all up, I've committed about 1.8 years of my life to reading books for the series. I... BRIAN LAMB Some of my friends are giving me law books. I love reading those. It's like my relaxation. CHARICE PEMPENGCO I love books and going to bookstores. My favorite sound is the sound of the needle hitting the recor... WINONA RYDER Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs about them. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure. STEPHEN J. DUBNER Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. ANNIE BARROWS Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books. MARY ANN SHAFFER I travel to the ancient world by reading ancient books. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference. JOHN HODGMAN I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the mos... CAROL WINDLEY I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I di... CAROLINE KENNEDY A series of books, dilapidated and faded, sit bundled together. Most of the bindings are separating ... KELSEYLEIGH REBER So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays, hearing, thinki... WILLIAM HAZLITT I like to read Bengali novels and short stories. I am not that fond of reading English books, as I d... ARIJIT SINGH The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books. KATHERINE MANSFIELD Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. MARKUS HERZ My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 ye... TERRY PRATCHETT You can't just be reading books all the time and leave the writting of them to others. JOSEPH DELANEY The Relationship Between God And I Is Beyond Human Comprehension, Therefore, Pay No Attention To Any... ELIJAH ONYENMERIOGU I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the... ADRIANA TRIGIANI Cosa farei senza libri? Ne ho la casa piena, eppure non mi bastano mai. Vorrei avere una giornata di... DACIA MARAINI If you have read 6,000 books in your lifetime, or even 600, it's probably because at some level you ... JOE QUEENAN I'm pretty sure my addiction to reading has just reached a whole new level. COLLEEN HOOVER I know the mind of ancient souls by reading ancient books. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I have a sweet tooth for reading, so books migrate to my zip code en mass. DAWN OLIVIERI Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance. AMY PLUM I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely t... SARAH WATERS On a cloudy day, when the dim dance of the firelight and the warmth of the sconces are not enough, t... KELSEYLEIGH REBER Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I... PAMELA SARGENT When I'm not playing football, I'm usually studying. I want to go to college, so I got to keep readi... JOE KING Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numb... EVAN OSNOS I think more people are going to continue reading YA as well as reading other books because they hav... SARAH REES BRENNAN They are a brilliant device for shape-shifting as we can slip into the skin of authors from other ti... JEN CAMPBELL I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on ... GUSTAVO DUDAMEL I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and read... ADRIANA TRIGIANI When I want to read a novel, I write one. BENJAMIN DISRAELI No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin'... AVI ARAD When you read the Bible, you are reading the Holy Spirit and not history books. When you read histor... T. B. JOSHUA But usually, I watched Linda read. I couldn't believe she'd read so much in summer! Sometimes she la... ALEX FLINN Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as in books it is generally the wor... JONATHAN SWIFT So many books to read, will I ever finish reading? LAILAH GIFTY AKITA
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GEORGE OSBORNE I think Britain can be one of the great success stories of the 21st century - we've got the tale... GEORGE OSBORNE I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people. GEORGE OSBORNE The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spen... GEORGE OSBORNE The Rolling Stones were one of the best bands ever, and 'Sticky Fingers' is one of the best ... BUZZ OSBORNE It's perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters o... GEORGE OSBORNE The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role fo... GEORGE OSBORNE Most successful politicians don't let the job swamp their lives. GEORGE OSBORNE The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the te... TOM OSBORNE The band that changed my life was The Who. It's hard to pick just one album, but if I had to pic... BUZZ OSBORNE The Who is one of my favorite bands of all time. 'The Who Sell Out' is one of the greatest a... BUZZ OSBORNE Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a hom... GEORGE OSBORNE If you wanted to be the best then you had to swallow your pride and become a student of the game fir... JON OSBORNE I conquered my stage fright a long time ago. In my line of work, it's kind of a pre-requisite th... BUZZ OSBORNE all over the building. DAVID OSBORNE One day they shorted out the entire electronic door system, DAVID OSBORNE From what I hear, it's quite unusual to have this number of problems with a building that's this new... DAVID OSBORNE We're working with a couple of different floor companies and haven't come up with a real good soluti... DAVID OSBORNE It's not unusual to spend $1,000 a month DAVID OSBORNE I think the greatest security measure is pre-pay, period, DAVID OSBORNE We kind of let it slide there in the second quarter. They were able to get a short lead but we were ... MIKE OSBORNE The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is ... GEORGE OSBORNE When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the play... TOM OSBORNE If someone wants to preserve it, let them buy it and preserve it. We'll see some creative proposals. HAMILTON OSBORNE Now, because of the growth in the practice and new clients that have dealings with the city, we foun... HAMILTON OSBORNE I was running a campaign as late as Wednesday. When I returned (to work) Wednesday, I was told I had... HAMILTON OSBORNE We set some direction. It was a thorough and very candid analysis. I think it'll help City Council a... HAMILTON OSBORNE Actually, the 300 wins means nothing compared to what our kids have done. These guys just finished b... HAPPY OSBORNE