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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
― The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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Carmen’s 2025 Year in Books
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