Rereading famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.
-- Damian Lewis -
Besides, rereading, not reading, is what counts.
-- Jorge Luis Borges -
Reading books is good, Rereading good books is better.
-- Lawrence Clark Powell -
Rereading a favorite novel first read 5, 10, or 20 years ago, is a measure of our travel, how far we've come; it's a way of visiting an earlier self.
-- Lewis Buzbee -
The things I keep going back to, rereading, maybe they say more about me as a reader than about the books. Love in the Time of Cholera, Pale Fire.
-- Michael Chabon -
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present and pave the way to a better future. For example, if we delve more deeply into ancient Egyptian and African civilisations we will discover the humanistic elements that were prevalent in many areas of life. Women enjoyed a high status and rights, which they later lost when class patriarchal society became the prevalent social system.
-- Nawal El Saadawi -
Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading.
-- R. A. Lafferty -
Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.
-- Stephen Vizinczey -
The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.
-- Vince Vaughn