John Irving Quotes About Reading

Quotes about: Reading

• My life is a reading list.

  John Irving

  Reading, Lists, Life Is

  John Irving (2012). “A Prayer For Owen Meany”, p.590, Random House

• Homer and Candy passed by the empty and brightly lit dispensary; they peeked into Nurse Angela's empty office. Homer knew better than to peek into the delivery room when the light was on. From the dormitory, they could hear Dr. Larch's reading voice. Although Candy held tightly to his hand, Homer was inclined to hurry - in order not to miss the bedtime story.

  John Irving

  Reading, Light, Hands

• I want to go on being a student," I told him. "I want to be a teacher. I'm just a reader," I said. "DON'T SOUND SO ASHAMED," he said. "READING IS A GIFT." "I learned it from you," I told him. "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU LEARNED IT- IT'S A GIFT. IF YOU CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT IT. IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND A WAY OF LIFE YOU LOVE, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE COURAGE TO LIVE IT.

  John Irving

  Teacher, Love You, Reading

• wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.

  John Irving

  Reading, Tvs

  John Irving (1978). “The world according to Garp”, Pocket

• Maybe television causes cancer, Garp thinks; but his real irritation is a writer's irritation: he knows that wherever the TV glows, there sits someone who isn't reading.

  John Irving

  Real, Cancer, Reading

  John Irving (1978). “The world according to Garp”, Pocket

• In a school community, someone who reads a book for some secretive purpose, other than discussing it, is strange. What was she reading for?

  John Irving

  Book, Reading, School

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