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“Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope to read in one fleeting lifetime. A good book, resting unopened in it's slot on a shelf, full of majestic potentiality, is the most comforting sort of intellectual wallpaper.”

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David Quammen

David Quammen is an American writer known for his in-depth exploration of natural history. His works often involve biology, ecology, and the relationship between humans and nature. Born on February 24, 1948, Quammen's writing career spans multiple genres, including scientific writing, travel literature, and journalism. more

“Seeing her books reassured her, made her feel calm. She'd read most of them, but there were a many waiting to be read, which gave her a sense of excitement, and conjured up one of her favourite Japanese words - tsundoku - a word that required a sentence in English: buying books and piling them up on a shelf without reading them.”

Reading Japanese Buying Books

Book:El gato y la ciudad

Source: El gato y la ciudad

“Live life like a book lover, reading on and on, taking short or long breaks, but never stopping reading forever.”

Reading Forever Book Lover

Book:Rep By Rep

Source: Rep By Rep

“Writing is one of the best gifts, in my opinion. To possess the potential to touch the lives of strangers around the world is not only amazing, it's miraculous.”

Writing Reading Books Writers On Writing Writing Quotes Writers Quotes Readers Readers And Writers Love Of Writing Writer Responsibility

Author:Jennifer Spredemann

“I question the ethics of a teacher education curriculum predicated on learning on the job. It’s an important job. It’s an important time in the child’s development. The fact that a substantial proportion of fourth graders have already fallen behind, as indicated by the NAEP and other assessments, may be related to the fact that many of them will have had K–3 teachers who were learning on the job.”

Reading Curriculum Education Reform

Book:Language at the Speed of Sight

Source: Language at the Speed of Sight

“Reading was escapism, a way to travel and teleport into an alternative life and universe, because sometimes our current reality wasn’t something we always wanted to face. Books had carried me through the worst parts of my life, and some of the best.”

Reading Books Escapism

Author:Maya Morrison, She Wolf

“Eu deveria saber amar tanto que aceitasse a ausência. Se eu fosse maduro, se não fosse néscio, como me acusaram, eu deveria amar sem morrer perante a ausência.”

Quotes Valter Hugo Mae Books Quotess

Book:Deus na escuridão

Source: Deus na escuridão

“Given that the written code didn’t inherit the limits of spoken language, did it expand our linguistic capacities? Absolutely. The medium allows writers to create texts that are far more complex than speakers can produce. It’s the difference between oral storytelling in preliterate cultures and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.”

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Book:Language at the Speed of Sight

Source: Language at the Speed of Sight

“For he never read without taking extracts, and used to say that there never was a book so bad that it was not good in some passage or another.”

Reading

Book:[Epistolae Plinii ad Trajanum imperatorem hujusque ad illum responsa]: inest Historia critica Epistolarum Plinii et Trajani usque ad a. 1552 scripsit J.O. Orellius. 1838 [Leather Bound]

Source: [Epistolae Plinii ad Trajanum imperatorem hujusque ad illum responsa]: inest Historia critica Epistolarum Plinii et Trajani usque ad a. 1552 scripsit J.O. Orellius. 1838 [Leather Bound]

“All the books didn't disappear from the world because your young self decided to abandon them. They are still waiting for you.”

Reading Books Encouragement The Bridge Kingdom Keris Veliant The Inadequate Heir

Book:The Inadequate Heir

Source: The Inadequate Heir

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