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• The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

  Anthony Burgess

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• Reading can be dangerous.

  Diane Setterfield

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• Reading the situation correctly is part of getting through it safely.

  Ally Condie

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• Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape I didn’t read to learn, I was reading to read.

  Christian Bauman

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• I spent most of my free time reading. It was a great escape from reality.

  Teresa Mummert

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• Reading can only take you so far, up to the moment where you must take action with your own hands.

  Rae Carson

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• Let’s face it: Most of us don’t realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it’s important that your kids see you reading. Not just books – reading the newspaper is good, too.

  James Patterson

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• Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they’re gonna spend half an hour reading, they want some entertainment and a sense of achievement. So that’s what I give them. That’s all I’m trying to do. Is that really so wrong?

  James Patterson

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• The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they’ll gobble up – and that will make them ask for another.

  James Patterson

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• I don’t believe in lecturing people. It’s much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

  James Patterson

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• Basically, I learned to read by reading ‘Peanuts,’ just wanting to know what they were saying.

  Stephan Pastis

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• 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.

  Linda Sue Park

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• Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

  Tamora Pierce

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• If we commit ourselves to reading thus increasing our knowledge, only God limits how far we can go in this world.

  Ben Carson

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• I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi. It was really all I read – anything from ‘Dragonlance,’ when I was 12, to ‘The Wheel of Time’ and Robert Jordan stuff, to George R.R. Martin, who did ‘Game of Thrones.’

  Kris Holden-Ried

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• Nothing was worse than reading too late and falling asleep two or three pages into a novel.

  Ted Dekker

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• Never mind reading between the lines, try reading what’s on them first.

  Teri Louise Kelly

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• When I feel off, I read the ‘Tao Te Ching’ to get my equilibrium right. I started reading it in the eleventh grade.

  Eddie Huang

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• At the end of the day, I’m reading the news. I’m not digging ditches. I’m not fighting fires. It’s a long day, and it’s a lot of responsibility, and it can be a little bewildering sometimes with the schedule. But, you know, it’s a job, and they pay me well to do a job.

  Lester Holt

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• Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It’s hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier.

  Amanda Hocking

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