Ann Patchett Quotes About Reading

• Leer ficción es importante. Es un medio vital para imaginar una vida distinta a la nuestra, lo que a su vez nos convierte en seres más empáticos. Seguir historias complejas hace que nuestro cerebro vaya más allá de los 140 caracteres del pensamiento breve, y permanecer en el mundo de una novela nos da la capacidad de estar tranquilos y solos, dos habilidades que están desapareciendo más rápido que los casquetes polares.

  Ann Patchett

  Lectura, Carácter, Media

  "Y el ganador no es...", de Ann Patchett, www.nytimes.com. 17 de abril de 2012.

• Por mucho que nos guste un libro, la experiencia de leerlo no es completa hasta que se lo regalamos a alguien a quien le guste tanto como a nosotros.

  Ann Patchett

  Libro, Lectura, Dar

• Leer ficción no sólo desarrolla nuestra imaginación y creatividad, sino que nos capacita para estar solos. Nos da la capacidad de sentir empatía por personas que nunca hemos conocido, que viven vidas que no podríamos experimentar por nosotros mismos, porque el libro nos mete en la piel del personaje.

  Ann Patchett

  Vivir la vida, Libro, Lectura

• Esa es una de las muchas cosas que adoro de tener una librería. Puedo entrar en la tienda y decirle a alguien: "Me alegro de que leas este libro" o "Me alegro de que compres este libro" o "No compres ese libro. Leí ese libro y lo odié. Vamos a comprarte este libro".

  Ann Patchett

  Book, Reading, Stores

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

• I don't want to stand with somebody's praise. Whereas now when people come up to me, they say, "I love the bookstore" and "Kids! Come here, come here! This is the woman who owns the bookstore." That's incredible. I can say to that, "Thank you for shopping local. Thank you for coming in. What are you reading? Let's talk about books." It's about something I'm doing as opposed to somehow something I am. I feel comfortable and positive in that role. Because it's about reading. It's about books. It's about learning. It's about business and tax base.

  Ann Patchett

  Libro, Lectura, Niños

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

• reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader and the book have their own relationship now, and should be left alone to work things out for themselves.

  Ann Patchett

  Libro, Lectura, Debería

  Ann Patchett (2013). “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage”, p.168, A&C Black

• Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.

  Ann Patchett

  Reading, Mean, Important

  "Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Raj’ Ad: Where Do We Draw the Line?" by Eleni Gage, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2012.

• If what we want to do is promote reading and writing and publishing and making sure this is a business that keeps going - because it is a business! It's not just an art - then we have to take responsibility. I get sort of crazy and frothy when I think about this. It really matters.

  Ann Patchett

  Art, Crazy, Reading

  Fuente: www.guernicamag.com

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