When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. W. Somerset Maugham
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Ludwig Wittgenstein
You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91. Ray Lewis
How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me. William Gaddis
Every time I think that it's not worth it – that the people in it deserve the misery of their lives – I come across someone who makes me rethink that. Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay. Ruben Studdard