“Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands. ”
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“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”
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“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
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“Literature is news that stays news.”
― ABC of Reading
― ABC of Reading
“When you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody.”
― The Catcher in the Rye
― The Catcher in the Rye
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