The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them. Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By:
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By:
The epic implications of being human end in more than this We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By:
The tension between yes and no, between I can nd I cannot, makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By:
The first divorce in the world may have been a tragedy, but the hundred-millionth is not necessarily one Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By:
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By: rumapaul
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By: rumapaul
Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By: rumapaul
It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave Quotes By : Anatole Broyard | Added By: rumapaul