George Steiner Quotes about Reading

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Books - the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity

Book, Reading, Boredom

The intellectual is, quite simply, a human being who has a pencil in his or her hand when reading a book.

Book, Reading, Hands

George Steiner (2010). “No Passion Spent”, p.11, Faber & Faber

The age of the book is almost gone.

Book, Reading, Age

The Daily Mail, June 27, 1988.