"Reading was like eating alone, with that same element of bingeing."

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Source : Francine Prose (2012). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.9, Union Books

Francine Prose

#Reading Quotes #Elements Quotes #Eating Alone Quotes

“Be willing to get fired for a good idea.”
“I have always felt that books help me feel less alone in the world. They make our lives bigger - they help us to feel feelings we wouldn't otherwise feel and to understand feelings that we don't have a framework for.”
“I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.”
“The sex was so passionate it bordered on violence. It was not vanilla. It was passion as suffering”
“In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.”
“It's strange to see people you don't know well in the morning, with sleepy eyes and pillow creases in their cheeks”
“When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else.”
“I want you to stop running from thing to thing to thing, and to sit down at the table, to offer the people you love something humble and nourishing, like soup and bread, like a story, like a hand holding another hand while you pray. We live in a world that values us for how fast we go, for how much we accomplish, for how much life we can pack into one day. But I'm coming to believe it's in the in-between spaces that our lives change, and that the real beauty lies there.”

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