“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“How smoothly one becomes, not a cheat, exactly, not really a liar, just a man who'll say anything for pay.”
― The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
― The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
“You know you have influence when people start noticing your absence more than the presence of others.”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“I could get a job in an advertising agency. I’ll write copy telling people to eat more cornflakes and smoke more and more cigarettes and buy more refrigerators and automobiles, until they explode with happiness.”
― The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
― The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
TAREQUE ’s 2025 Year in Books
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