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I don't think I could say anything more than what's already been said about this collection of brilliant stories and essays. The writing attests to an intellectual exercise of the highest order minus the snobbishness one would expect, a dichotomy onl
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“The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. ”
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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― Conversations with William Styron
― Conversations with William Styron
“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.”
― Impressions of Theophrastus Such
― Impressions of Theophrastus Such
“All the seven deadly sins are peccadilloes but without three of them, Pride, Lust, and Sloth, poetry might never have been born.”
― Pale Fire
― Pale Fire
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
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