List of Daniel Pennac Quotes

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.

Each Country Thinks Its School Is In A Specific Crisis, Without Ever Linking The School's Crisis To That Of The Society Around It.

When You Buy A Jacket, It’s Important The Pockets Are Big Enough For A Paperback!

I Have Never Experienced A Sorrow That Was Not Relieved By An Hour Of Reading.

If You`re Wondering How You`ll Find Time, It Means You Don`t Really Want To Read. Because Nobody`s Ever Got Time. Children Certainly Haven`t, Nor Have Teenagers Or Grown-ups. Life Always Gets In The Way. <...> Time To Read Is Always Time Stolen. <...> Stolen From What? From The Tyranny Of Living.”- P.125

We Keep Quiet About What We Read. Our Enjoyment Of A Book Remains A Jealously Guarded Secret. Perhaps Because There`s No Need To Talk, Or Because It Takes Time To Distill What We've Read Before We Can Say Anything. Silence Is Our Guarantee Of Intimacy. We Might Have Finished Reading But We`re Still Living The Book.

I've Never Had Time To Read. But No One Ever Kept Me From Finishing A Novel I Loved.

But Reading Is Different, Reading Is Something You Do. With Tv, And Cinema For That Matter, Everything's Handed To You On A Plate, Nothing Has To Be Worked At, They Just Spoon-feed You. The Picture, The Sound, The Scenery, The Atmospheric Music In Case You Haven't Understood What The Director's On About... The Creaking Door That Tells You To Be Stiff. You Have To Imagine It All When You're Reading.

I Master My Doubts Now. I Have Fun With Them, They're My Travelling Companions.

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 Anything 6. The Right To Escapism 7. The Right To Read Anywhere 8. The Right To Browse 9. The Right To Read Out Loud 10. The Right To Not Defend Your Tastes

By Making Time To Read, Like Making Time To Love, We Expand Our Time For Living.

You Can't Make Someone Read. Just Like You Can't Make Them Fall In Love, Or Dream.