Ill Read That Again

Famous quotes containing the words ill and/or read:

    “the ache here in the throat,
    To know that I so ill deserve the place
    Her arms make for me;”
    —James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)

    “The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.”
    —Umberto Eco (b. 1932)