Famous Daniel Pennac Quotes

  • We see that that ritual of reading every evening at the end of the bed when they were so little–set time, set gestures– was like a prayer. – Daniel Pennac

    We see that that ritual of reading every evening at the end of the bed when they were so little–set time, set gestures– was like a prayer.– Daniel Pennac

  • Time to read is always time stolen. (Like time to write, for that matter, or time to love).Stolen from what?From the tyranny of living. – Daniel Pennac

    Time to read is always time stolen. (Like time to write, for that matter, or time to love).Stolen from what?From the tyranny of living.– Daniel Pennac

  • If reading isn’t about communication, it is, in the end, about sharing. But a deferred and fiercely selective kind of sharing. – Daniel Pennac

    If reading isn’t about communication, it is, in the end, about sharing. But a deferred and fiercely selective kind of sharing.– Daniel Pennac

  • When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback! – Daniel Pennac

    When you buy a jacket, it’s important the pockets are big enough for a paperback!– Daniel Pennac