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Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other is Burke. I read Burke before he was a secular saint, before everyone was reading him.

Quotes by Clifford Geertz

I used to spend hours reading the Sunday papers, but then I had 900 children so I don't any more.

Quotes by Claudia Winkleman

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves.

Quotes by Claude Adrien Helvetius

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Quotes by Clarence Day

If you're reading to find friends, you're in deep trouble.

Quotes by Claire Messud

In making up stories, as in reading stories, I could create a contained world in which an experience is shared in its entirety.

Quotes by Claire Messud

For me, it was a formative experience reading Eliot when I was younger. 'The Waste Land,' in particular.

Quotes by Claire Messud

Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so - look at...

Quotes by Claire Tomalin

I was bar mitzvahed, which was hard. I feel it was the hardest thing I ever had to do; harder than making a movie. It was a lot of studying, you know. I wasn't a perfect Hebrew reader, and also,...

Quotes by Clara Mamet

I think, reading the Grimm's fairy tales, they all have some sort of moral component to them, teaching you a lesson.

Quotes by Claire Coffee

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior.

Quotes by Claire Danes

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

Quotes by Chuck Jones

I was completely devoted to reading and books from the age of seven. It took until I was 18 to have the confidence to write poetry.

Quotes by Christopher Koch

My bedroom was filled with reading material: books salvaged from dustbins, books borrowed from friends, books with missing pages, books found in the street, abandoned, unreadable, torn, scribbled on, unloved, unwanted and dismissed. My bedroom was the Battersea Dogs' Home...

Quotes by Christopher Fowler

I'm not in the business of reading tea leaves. I don't have a crystal ball.

Quotes by Christine Lagarde

Write something and leave it aside so you've practically forgotten it as much as possible, a month or so, then come back and read it as if you're reading it for the first time.

Quotes by Christine Leunens

My favorite subject in high school was English. I love reading and writing, and I felt really supported in this subject, and my least favorite was math, since I felt completely lost.

Quotes by Christie Laing

The simultaneous reactions elicited all over the world by the reading of newspaper dispatches about the same events create, as it were, a common mental pulse beat for the whole of civilized mankind.

Quotes by Christian Lous Lange

'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy, however, as the movie progresses, you...

Quotes by Christian Bale

I have very positive memories of reading biographies of unusual Americans as a child.

Quotes by Chris Van Allsburg

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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