Some friends of theirs had rented their house for several months to an interior decorator. When they returned, they discovered that their entire library had been reorganized by color and size. Shortly thereafter, the decorator met with a fatal automobile accident. I confess that when this story was told, everyone around the dinner table concurred that justice had been served.
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.
- 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
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…
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…
Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself. - Anne Fadiman
Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself.
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…
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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