“My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.” I CanMomentsWould BeLyingReadingNextPerfectRight NowTablesPhonesCome UpSpursPerfect DaysHammocksSpur Of The Moment Author:Eric Stoltz
“We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century [...] lies where we have never suspected it [...] The only palliative is [...] by reading old books. [...] the books of the future would be just as good [...], but unfortunately we cannot get at them.” MayBookWould BeLyingReadingCenturyCharacteristicsBlindnessTwentieth CenturyOld Books Author:C. S. Lewis
“Underneath the visible problems with reading and writing lies the deeper problem of 'illearnacy': an acquired disabling of learning courage and learning initiative.” WritingProblemLyingReadingLearningTeachingDeeperVisibleInitiativeReading And Writing Book:Wise Up Source: Wise Up
“Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the reason I read. I read for my own emotional and mental health. If I stopped reading, I'd probably just die.” IfsImportantReasonLyingDiesReadingMy OwnWrittenEmotionalMental HealthGenre Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.” ThinkingIdeasSometimesStoriesLyingNightFallReadingMy OwnTroubleBedFalling Asleep Author:Linda Sue Park
“Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we keep unaltered as much of our old knowledge, as many of our old prejudices and beliefs, as we can.” MenMindLittlesWisdomAgeLyingFaithReadingBeliefGrowsKnowledgePrejudiceSpreadSpotsGrease Author:James Truslow Adams
“The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.” MayReasonRealityTruthRunningLyingOrderReadingAbilityFictionHonestyTruth IsAngerStrangerRationalThreadIrrationalBelievableStranger Than Fiction Book:Clearing the ground Source: Clearing the ground