“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”

“I would rather have someone read my diary than look at my iPod playlists.”

Mindy Kaling book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

“The mind of a traveler has only one spotlight, and it is always trained on the present scene.”

Emily Hahn (1905–1997) American writer

“Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.”

Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor

“I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy”

Diane Setterfield book The Thirteenth Tale

“If I could always read I should never feel the want of company.”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

“Please read my diary, look through my things and figure me out.”

Kurt Cobain book Journals

“whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like.”

David Sedaris (1956) American author

“Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.”

Frank Herbert book Dune

“The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary