Fun Quotes About Reading Books

5 years ago

As a conversation activity, I often give my students a few quotes and have students rephrase them or explain the meaning behind the quote in their own words.  I recently had a conversation class where the topic was about books and reading.  

Here are a few quotes I used for the class: 

1. No two persons ever read the same book. - Edmund Wilson
*Extra challenge - Why use 'persons' here instead of 'people'?

2. The man who doesn't read has no advantage over the man who can't read. - Anonymous

3. Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't so new after all.
 - Abraham Lincoln 

How would you rephrase the quotes in your own words?