„The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.“

— James Joyce

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„Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.“
— Jane Austen
„I have one life and one chance to make it count for something… I'm free to choose what that something is, and the something I've chosen is my faith. Now, my faith goes beyond theology and religion and requires considerable work and effort. My faith demands -- this is not optional -- my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.“
— Jimmy Carter
„If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry.“
— Emily Dickinson
„Whoever abhors the name and fancies that he is godless — when he addresses with his whole devoted being the Thou of his life that cannot be restricted by any other, he addresses God.“
— Martin Buber
„So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.“
— Dr. Seuss