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Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others.
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.”
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“Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.”
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
― Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
“We read to know we're not alone.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.”
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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
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