“For only that book can we read which relates to me something that is already in my mind.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (as quoted in First We Read Then We Write by Robert D. Richardson)
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“Every reader is—when he is reading—the reader of his own self,”
– Marcel Proust.” (As quoted in How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz)
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I am not likely to tackle Marcel Proust directly.
I rely on getting at his wisdom second hand.
I’m never going to find all the good ideas that have been written down.
It’s nice to discover something new.
I’m happy for someone else to do the digging for me sometimes.
Books are chosen by my subconscious.
I have dozens of books that have been purchased but unread.
I can only read what I need right now.
A mirror polished.
An itch scratched.
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