“We were never organized readers who would see a book through to its end in any sory of logical order. We weave in and out of words like tourists on a hop-on, hop-off bus tour. Put a book down in the kitchen to go to the bathroom and you might return to find it gone, replaced by another of equal interest. We are indiscriminate.” BookEndsMightOrderInterestGoneReturnReaderEqualKitchenOrganizedHopsLogicalBusReplacedBathroomSisterTourists Author:Eleanor Brown
“I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of readers.” ThinkingBookGoneReaderSeriesEntityRequest Author:Lois Lowry
“Something about the possession of a book - an object that can contain infinite fables, words of wisdom, chronicles of times gone by, humorous anecdotes and divine revelation - endows the reader with the power of creating a story, and the listener with a sense of being present at the moment of creation.” BookMomentsStoriesGoneCreationObjectsDivineReaderWords Of WisdomCreatingHumorousInfinitePossessionRevelationsListenersFablesAnecdotesChroniclesDivine RevelationTimes Gone By Author:Alberto Manguel
“The speeding reader guts a book the way the skillful clean fish. The gills are gone, the tail, the scales, the fins; then the fillet slides away swifly as though fed to a seal.” WayBookGoneReaderCleanFishesScalesGutsFedsTailsSlidesSealsSkillfulSpeedingFins Author:William H. Gass
“I don't think that stuff is gone - I just don't want to dwell on it. There's a difference. As I said, I think we all have tendencies as writers, and I think we all have experience that we bring as readers to each project.” ThinkingWantSaidStuffDifferencesGoneReaderProjectsTendencies Author:Chang-Rae Lee
“I'm a very wide reader. I read serious books and I read airplane, forgettable books. I never have fewer than four or five books beside my bed at night. I particularly enjoy reading about people who have gone through a personal growth.” PeopleBookNightReadingEnjoyGrowthGoneFiveFourSeriousReaderBedPersonal GrowthWideFewerAirplaneForgettable Author:Mary Robinson
“I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill.” MeanMorningGoneReaderBillsSakeClockSessionNebraska Book:Controversy Between New York Tribune and Gerrit Smith Source: Controversy Between New York Tribune and Gerrit Smith