The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
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Mere description is impossible. Language forces you to an implicit comment.
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If only one had time to read a little more: we either get shallow & broad or narrow and deep.
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‘Most certainly an artistic failure.’ All argument is for that conclusion—until you read or see Hamlet again. And when you do, you are left saying that if this is failure, then failure is better than success.
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A good shoe is a shoe you don’t notice. Good reading becomes possible when you need not consciously think about eyes, or light, or print, or spelling.
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