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There's some intimacy in reading, some thoughtfulness that doesn't exist in machine experiences.

Quotes by Ellen Ullman

I'm from just outside London, near Reading.

Quotes by Ellie Bamber

I'm always reading. I've loved reading since I was young, and I've always loved sinking my teeth into a different world, especially one that you begin to create in your head.

Quotes by Ellie Bamber

I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors.

Quotes by Elle Macpherson

I realized very young that I loved reading and wanted to do something related to books/reading for a living. I didn't think of publishing, really, until I was out of college.

Quotes by Ellen Datlow

For years I did most of my reading on the F train between Brooklyn and Manhattan. I had long commutes, and I read tons of books on that train; I loved it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Strout

I didn't read much SF as a kid - I was a total Tolkien geek - but I started reading Samuel Delany and Angela Carter and Ursula LeGuin in high school, and I was definitely taken with the notion that...

Quotes by Elizabeth Hand

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

Quotes by Elizabeth Hardwick

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.

Quotes by Elizabeth Drew

We make pretty uninteresting reading, I suppose. I mean, we're just another group making records, aren't we?

Quotes by Elizabeth Fraser

I'm the kind of person who is entertained watching someone simply be themselves, whether they're putting their children to bed or making dinner or sitting at the table reading the morning newspaper.

Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

I decided I wanted to go to Cambridge, and then I got introduced to Fred Sanger. I was very conscientious, and I asked him when I first got there if I should start reading up on things. But he said,...

Quotes by Elizabeth Blackburn

To be honest, what I struggled with in my degree is what's so helpful when it comes to social media in that I lack focus. I'll start reading about evolutionary biology and end up on quantum physics. While that makes...

Quotes by Elise Andrew

I'm reading Sebastian Faulks's 'Birdsong' at the moment. I read it when I was younger but decided to re-read it, as I remembered really liking it at the time.

Quotes by Eliza Doolittle

For a Nabokov fan, paging through 'Fine Lines,' which includes a critical introduction and several essayistic evaluations of Nabokov's scientific oeuvre, can feel a bit like reading the second half of 'Pale Fire': one is confronted by a content-rich, almost...

Quotes by Elif Batuman

I am a very nerdy reader in that I am as disciplined about my reading as I am about my writing.

Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

I consider reading to be part of my job.

Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

I had a Kindle for a brief while, but I dropped it in the ocean, and that was the end of electronic reading for me.

Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

I've tried to tell my kids: If you're reading something engrossing, you'll never, ever be bored.

Quotes by Elin Hilderbrand

In reading the scriptures of truth, we often put wrong constructions upon them, and apply them improperly; and I apprehend it has often been the case in relation to this portion, particularly that part in relation to man's seeking out...

Quotes by Elias Hicks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is reading described as a lifelong love in these quotes?
Definitely — one speaker puts it about as strongly as possible: "I seemed to have been born reading." It suggests reading isn't just a hobby for them, but something that feels innate. For more on passions like this, see our Love quotes.
Do these quotes connect reading to other interests?
Yes — one speaker lists it alongside several passions, "gardens, art, music and reading," adding they have "eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books." Reading here is one part of a broader curious mind.
Is reading described as important in a child's education?
Yes, quite strongly. One quote warns that skipping it has real consequences: teaching an instrument "without developing singing, reading and dictating to the highest level along with the playing is to build upon sand." For more on personal growth themes like this, see our Book quotes.
Where do good ideas come from, according to these quotes?
For one speaker, mostly from reading: "Ninety percent of my ideas come to me either when I'm reading or watching a show." It's a reminder that consuming stories and information can directly fuel creativity.
Where can I find more content about the joy of reading?
Our Like and Always collections both touch on the everyday habits people love, reading included.

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