My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents' tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices, by scanning their bookcases than by snooping in their closest. Their selves were on their shelves.
It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious completely unrelated to the rest of… - Anne Fadiman
It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious completely unrelated to the rest of…
- Anne Fadiman
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar. - Anne Fadiman
In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh caviar.
I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, intern… - Anne Fadiman
I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, intern…
Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself. - Anne Fadiman
Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself.
When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer in… - Anne Fadiman
When I visit a new bookstore, I demand cleanliness, computer monitors, and rigorous alphabetization. When I visit a secondhand bookstore, I prefer in…
It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather. - Anne Fadiman
It is a grave error to assume that ice cream consumption requires hot weather.
The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet. - Anne Fadiman
The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet.
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the … - Anne Fadiman
My daughter is seven, and some of the other second-grade parents complain that their children don't read for pleasure. When I visit their homes, the …
For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me. - Anne Fadiman
For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.
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