...Quotes on Reading, Writing @ Literature...

mizzy

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

–Vera Nazarian

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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

–P.J. O’Rourke

mizzy

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

–Gilbert K. Chesterton

mizzy

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

–William Styron

seribulan

      “Sastra bisa menampung semua gejolak dalam diri, mengurangi derita serta membuatmu lebih peka serta berdaya.”  
  ―    Helvy Tiana Rosa

gracieyna

saya suka poems. salah satu nya adalah sonnet 18 by shakespeare.

quote paling saya suka :




"shall i compare thee to a summer's day"




bermaksud shall i compare you with a sunny day. which means the girl is so pretty that she can be compared to a beautiful day in summer.

golden_rose

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. —Kofi Annan


Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his needs, is good for him. —Maya Angelou

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Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty.  It should be offered to them as a precious gift. —Kate DiCamillo

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When you learn to read you will be born again…and you will never be quite so alone again. —Rumer Godden

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Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier. —Kathleen Norris

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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. —S.I. Hayakawa

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“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” — Richard Bach

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“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.” — Anne Lamott.

“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.” — Ernest Hemingway

anikarma

The best quote for reading....by Johnny Stones

golden_rose

“It is perfectly okay to write garbage — as long as you edit brilliantly.” — C. J. Cherryh

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“If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.” — Edgar Rice Burroughs

“Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.” — Mike Rich

"I find it hard to start writing in the morning; but the dejection lasts only 30 minutes, and once I start I forget all about it.” — Virginia Woolf

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"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.” — Stephen King

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“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” — William Faulkner

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“I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block. I think it’s because my process involves writing very badly.”
-Jennifer Egan-

“Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” — Ernest Hemingway

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Writing is its own reward.— Henry Miller

A writer will always be a writer. It’s not a choice, it’s a destiny — Stephanie Lennox

The desire to write grows with writing— Desiderius Erasmus