Reading Effects Quotes

I have met thousands of children now, and not even one time has a child come up to me and said, 'Ms. Rowling, I'm so glad I've read these books because now I want to be a witch.'

Early on I came to realize something, and it came from the mail I received from kids. That is, kids at that pivotal age, 12, 13 or 14, they're still deeply affected by what they read, some are changed by what they read, books can change the way they feel about the world in general. I don't think that's true of adults as much.

Of course, every time I end a book, I look down at myself and I'm just the same. I'm always disappointed that I'm just the same, but not enough to never do it again!

Literature doesn’t exactly have a strong mental-health track record.

What we read, how we read, and why we read change how we think.

Our clients' faces, with the customary outward paleness and inner glow of the book lover.

Whenever I read _Time_ or _Newsweek_ or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward. But how to wash off the small but odious stain such reading leaves on the mind?

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage.

As hardly anything can accidentally touch the soft clay without stamping its mark on it, so hardly any reading can interest a child, without contributing in some degree, though the book itself be afterwards totally forgotten, to form the character.

It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.

Weak minds may be injured by novel-reading; but sensible people find both amusement and instruction therein.

Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

I worry that the superficial way we read during the day is affecting us when we have to read with more in-depth processing.

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.

Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line.

Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy.

Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past has had no effect except to cloud my mind and make me indecisive

I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.

We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.

If you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you have also to believe that no one was ever improved by a book.

I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.