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Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to read more
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.
Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
