“The stimulus of reading is indispensable to me, and of meaty reading, even if, of every book, I manage to read no more than a few pages.”— Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (1979); tr. William Weaver (1981)Share
“Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be.”— Italo CalvinoShare
“Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined.”— Italo CalvinoShare
“It is true that software cannot exercise its powers of lightness except through the weight of hardware.”— Italo CalvinoShare
“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”— Benjamin FranklinShare
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”— Miguel de CervantesShare
“Be attentive therefore, according to the instruction of the Gospel, to learn obedience from the lily and the bird.”— Søren KierkegaardShare
“I must study the plain physical facts of the case, ascertain what is possible, and learn what appears to be wise and right.”— Abraham LincolnShare
“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.”— Edward Bulwer-LyttonShare
