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

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Source : Anne Fadiman (2008). “At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays”, p.88, Macmillan

Anne Fadiman

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“Every day is a lie. But you are dying. That is not a lie.”
“Everyone deals with adversity. It's how you bounce back from it.”
“A tower of illusion, all of it, made of illusory bricks and full of holes. If life were made up only of imporant things, it really would be a dangerous house of glass, scarcely to be handled carelessly. But everyday life was exactly like the headlines. And so everybody, knowing the meaninglessness of existence, sets the centre of his compass at his own home.”

Source : Kobo Abe (2011). “The Woman in the Dunes”, p.94, Vintage
“Financial security and independence are like a three-legged stool resting on savings, insurance and investments”
“My college, Fitzwilliam, was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in digs so I was not part of the cloistered 'old college' environment, which frankly was a bit intimidating. But I worked hard and settled in by exploring politics and girls.”
“God created you this way. You're you. I think everyone should be their own individualized person.”
“I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time.”
“Just throw me in my coffin now with these earrings on.”

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