Thread: Reading: How do you remember important quotes from books?
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Old 04-02-2014, 03:30 AM   #34
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Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
I go on memory. I enjoy a good turn of phrase, but the only way to tell if it matters to me is to see if I remember it or not. If it really was that important, I'll remember.
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Originally Posted by drjenkins View Post
Same here. I don't try to remember "important quotes". I remember "memorable quotes" because they simply stick in my mind.
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Originally Posted by V.W. Singer View Post
I don't memorise quotes or mark them. But I remember enough of what I read to remember if something impressed me. If I need to reference it I go back to the book.
Alright, thanks. This is what I'm thinking of doing rather than making highlights and then taking a screenshot so I can look at it later.

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Originally Posted by MeSue View Post
I highlight my favorite quotes in Marvin for iPad which syncs them back to a custom field in Calibre, and usually I will also add them to my favorite quotes on Goodreads using a customized search shortcut from the Marvin app.
How do you tell the folder to sync to Calibre?



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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
Most of my e-readers allow me to email quotes to myself, which I tend to do. If I can't do that, or if the quote is exceptionally long, I google part of it and look for the entire thing to cut and paste. Years of memorizing quotes have taught me that I often get a word or two wrong unless I copy the quote out first.

I also highlight important quotes, but reformatting and switching devices often makes the exercise pointless.



Harry's question is exactly the sort that drives many English professors mad. A teacher friend was ranting to me the other day about how his students wouldn't stop asking why they had to memorize a poem when they could copy it to their smartphones. "They'll never learn to be eloquent, the inarticulate lemmings!"
Okay, thanks!
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