"Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty."

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Nick Hornby

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Listening is an important key to HEARING.”
“To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.”
“I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.”
“Gabriel pulled her over his body to lie on the bed beside him. His kisses pressed her down into the oblivion of the mattress as her hands explored his chest, his shoulders, his face. "I want to lay my kill at your feet," he said, more growl than words, and held her tight by her hair as he marked her neck with his teeth. She writhed against him. She wanted to bite him, she wanted to rip the flesh from his back, but most terrible of all, she didn't want him to stop. Her back arched, her body shattered, she howled.”

Source : Annette Curtis Klause (2007). “Blood and Chocolate”, p.263, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“It's funny how things work out sometimes.”
“I have to choose songs that represent my personality.”
“Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy.”
“Singing was my first love and I never even considered it after I started acting, but now I'm bringing it back into my life. I trained from the ages of 11 to 17. When I moved to New York and got into serious acting, I just kind of abandoned the whole singing thing. But when I grew up in Pennsylvania I went to voice lessons once a week.”

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