I kind of believed what Nietzsche said, that nothing not written in your blood is worth reading; it’s just more pollution of the airwaves. If you’re going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it.
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Shared reading promotes children’s language development, literacy, and bonding with parents. When parents and children read print books, they talked more frequently and the quality of their interactions were better.
Researchers find that toddlers verbalize and interact more with their parents when reading sessions feature print books, not tablets.
Here, on the internet, is a nowhere space, a shallow time. It is a flat and impenetrable surface. But with a book, we dive in; we are sucked in; we are immersed, body and soul.
[T]he power of art—and many books are, still, art, not entertainment—lies in the way it turns us inward and outward, all at once. The communion we seek, scanning titles or turning pages, is not with others—not even the others, living or long dead, who wrote the words we read—but with ourselves. Our…
What am I, a fucking eagle? I have been reduced to reading tl;dr versions of a fucking tweet because I can’t read the tweet in question.
My favorite kinds of books to read are the ones that do more than just tell you a story. They do more than just set the scene or paint the picture.
I know it's not cool to say and it's not big and flashy but I love books, and I want my life to be about what I actually love.
Now that 2018 is rolling to a close (good riddance) it's time to reflect on everything that happened this year.
I don’t know anyone for whom fame has been a mental health benefit.
This is a silly thing to get hung up on, I know, but what bugs me about these pictures is how devoid they are of any engagement with what books really do.
The more you read, the better you’re going to become as a storyteller.
Develop lower-back pain from literal, not figurative, weight of book.
What is this? A center for ants? How can we be expected to teach children to learn how to read... if they can't even fit inside the building?
— Drake Sather, Ben Stiller, Derek Zoolander, Ben Stiller, imdb.com
I'm going back out there. I've read ten books on sex-ed I think I have a little bit of a better handle on how to explain a penis to a six year old girl.
— Jason Katims, Julia Braverman-Graham, Julia Braverman-Graham, imdb.com
Don't try to read what you think you're supposed to read. Read what you enjoy.
If I pee twenty times a day, I can get through a whole New York Times for God sake!
Lisa: Mom, Dad, this biography of Peter Ueberroth is only 99 cents. And I found the new Al Gore book. Marge: 'Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow.' Lisa: Yeah, I hope it's as exciting as his other book, 'Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future.'
— Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com
Lisa: According to Eternity Magazine, you can lose weight through subliminal learning. That's where an idea is suddenly implanted in your head without you even knowing it. Homer: Oh Lisa, that's a load of rich creamery butter.
— Wallace Wolodarsky, Jay Kogen, Lisa Simpson, Yeardley Smith, imdb.com
I certainly enjoy a good business book often, but lately I’ve been really loving a book that kind of goes beyond just work into all parts of your life.