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Anne Fadiman Quotes

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer Picture Quote #1

I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I’m independent, I’m not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I’m an old-fashioned amateur Picture Quote #1

I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love Picture Quote #1

When the Irish novelist John McGahern was a child, his sisters unlaced and removed one of his shoes while he was reading. He did not stir. They placed a straw hat on his head. No response. Only when they took away the wooden chair on which he was sitting did he, as he puts it, ‘wake out of the book’ Picture Quote #1

The most important thing when starting out with essay writing is to find a voice with which you’re comfortable. You need to find a persona that is very much like you, but slightly caricatured Picture Quote #1

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You can miss a lot by sticking to the point Picture Quote #1

It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather Picture Quote #1

Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself Picture Quote #1

I have never been able to resist a book about books Picture Quote #1

Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase Picture Quote #1

The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet Picture Quote #1

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Some friends of theirs had rented their house for several months to an interior decorator. When they returned, they discovered that their entire library had been reorganized by color and size. Shortly thereafter, the decorator met with a fatal automobile accident. I confess that when this story was told, everyone around the dinner table concurred that justice had been served Picture Quote #1

... the reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven symphony, never hears it again Picture Quote #1

I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. There are interesting frictions and incongruities in these places, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in the middle of either one Picture Quote #1

Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to do anything but write. The crowded city, the crowded apartment, and the crowded calendar suddenly seem spacious. Three or four hours pass in a moment; I have no idea what time it is, because I never check the clock. If I chose to listen, I could hear the swish of taxis bound for downtown bars or the soft saxophone riffs that drift from a neighbor’s window, but nothing gets through. I am suspended in a sensory deprivation tank, and the very lack of sensation is delicious Picture Quote #1

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me Picture Quote #1

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If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs Picture Quote #1

Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence Picture Quote #1

One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form Picture Quote #1

I can think of few better ways to introduce a child to books than to let her stack them, upend them, rearrange them, and get her fingerprints all over them Picture Quote #1

I can imagine few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one’s life wearing a typo Picture Quote #1

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar Picture Quote #1

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Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm, a brand of paper, but most often a writing instrument. Am I writing well? Thank my pen. Am I writing badly? Don’t blame me blame my pen. By such displacements does the fearful imagination defend itself. (Anne Fadiman Quotes) One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer. (Anne Fadiman Quotes) I would like to attribute my range of interests to being an independent intellectual, but although I’m independent, I’m not sure I qualify as an intellectual. Basically, I’m an old-fashioned amateur. (Anne Fadiman Quotes) I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love (Anne Fadiman Quotes) When the Irish novelist John McGahern was a child, his sisters unlaced and removed one of his shoes while he was reading. He did not stir. They placed a straw hat on his head. No response. Only when they took away the wooden chair on which he was sitting did he, as he puts it, ‘wake out of the book’ (Anne Fadiman Quotes) The most important thing when starting out with essay writing is to find a voice with which you’re comfortable. You need to find a persona that is very much like you, but slightly caricatured (Anne Fadiman Quotes) You can miss a lot by sticking to the point (Anne Fadiman Quotes) It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather (Anne Fadiman Quotes) Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself (Anne Fadiman Quotes) I have never been able to resist a book about books (Anne Fadiman Quotes) Reading aloud means no skipping, no skimming, no cutting to the chase (Anne Fadiman Quotes) The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet (Anne Fadiman Quotes) Some friends of theirs had rented their house for several months to an interior decorator. When they returned, they discovered that their entire library had been reorganized by color and size. Shortly thereafter, the decorator met with a fatal automobile accident. I confess that when this story was told, everyone around the dinner table concurred that justice had been served (Anne Fadiman Quotes) ... the reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven symphony, never hears it again (Anne Fadiman Quotes) Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm, a brand of paper, but most often a writing instrument. Am I writing well? Thank my pen. Am I writing badly? Don’t blame me blame my pen. By such displacements does the fearful imagination defend itself (Anne Fadiman Quotes) I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. There are interesting frictions and incongruities in these places, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in the middle of either one (Anne Fadiman Quotes) Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to do anything but write. The crowded city, the crowded apartment, and the crowded calendar suddenly seem spacious. Three or four hours pass in a moment; I have no idea what time it is, because I never check the clock. If I chose to listen, I could hear the swish of taxis bound for downtown bars or the soft saxophone riffs that drift from a neighbor’s window, but nothing gets through. I am suspended in a sensory deprivation tank, and the very lack of sensation is delicious (Anne Fadiman Quotes) For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me (Anne Fadiman Quotes) If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs (Anne Fadiman Quotes) Anyone who doubts that caffeine is a drug should read some of the prose composed under its influence (Anne Fadiman Quotes) One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form (Anne Fadiman Quotes) I can think of few better ways to introduce a child to books than to let her stack them, upend them, rearrange them, and get her fingerprints all over them (Anne Fadiman Quotes) I can imagine few worse fates than walking around for the rest of one’s life wearing a typo (Anne Fadiman Quotes) In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar (Anne Fadiman Quotes)