It is now November. This means we are in a season of frantic preparation for finals, papers and tests'and if you're like me at all, you too have wanted nothing more in these last few days than to hide in your dorm, watch Netflix and catch up on the sleep that you haven't truly gotten since August.
The books I have to read for my classes are staring at me from my bookshelf, and I suddenly realize that the semester is nearly over. Those papers due at the end of the semester'the ones I don't need to worry about yet'well, it's time to worry about them. The problem is, I'm just not motivated. Even writing this article took much longer than it should have, because I was distracting myself with cleaning, or going to get food, anything really except what I need to be doing.
Even though books just remind me of the work I haven't done for this week, literature is still valuable, it is still impactful; and this is the time when I need it most. Sometimes reading quotes about reading is what restores my faith every semester in the knowledge that I am supposed to be at college, and I am in the right major. Reading such quotes about books revives my sense of wonder, so here are a few to help motivate you to push through these next few weeks with determination.
You should listen to Benedict Cumberbatch, especially when he says things about reading.
This quote makes me feel that everything I read should be for a purpose, as if the words I choose to put into my head will shape my thinking as well as my outlook.
(This one isn't about reading in general, but it is a lovely quote that encourages me to read nonetheless).
"Inkheart" is a wonderful series, and Funke's words are always profound. 'Books loved anyone '' so good.
I love C.S. Lewis, especially when he writes about reading and its connection to childhood. This quote in particular makes me to want to keep reading; I want to find the sense of wonder I had when I was younger, and I can do that most often in reading
I love this. I'm not sure who is attributed with saying it, but it makes me stop and think. I can see books as more than paper and ink here, because they retain parts of us in the words we choose to underline, bookmarks we leave between the pages, the memories we have of reading certain words.
There is something powerful about that, and it sometimes takes quotes like this to remind me that reading (even for classes) is beneficial to me. It continues to help me grow and learn new things, and I should never shy away from that. Especially in November when the sky grows dismal, and all I want to do is crawl under the covers. We will indeed make it to the end of this semester, so keep reading my friends.
