Once a book falls into our possession, it is ours, the same way children lay their claim: 'That's my book.' As if it were organically part of them. That must be why we have so much trouble returning borrowed books. It's not exactly theft (of course not, we're not thieves, what are you implying?); it's simply a slippage in ownership or, better still, a transfer of substance. That which belonged to someone else becomes mine when I look at it. And if I like what I read, naturally I'll have difficulty giving it back.
The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it. - Daniel Pennac
The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.
- Daniel Pennac
All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others. - Daniel Pennac
All it takes is one teacher - just one - to save us from ourselves and make us forget all the others.
L’architecture est art de suggestion. - Daniel Pennac
L’architecture est art de suggestion.
A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself. - Daniel Pennac
A well-chosen book saves you from everything, including yourself.
The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a qu… - Daniel Pennac
The teacher is commodified, the school is a shop, the subjects are consumer goods. To read, to think, to reflect, isn't a question of want, it's a qu…
You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream. - Daniel Pennac
You can't make someone read. Just like you can't make them fall in love, or dream.
We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read becaus… - Daniel Pennac
We human beings build houses because we're alive but we write books because we're mortal. We live in groups because we're sociable but we read becaus…
By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living. - Daniel Pennac
By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.
Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read an… - Daniel Pennac
Reader's Bill of Rights 1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read an…
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