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“Siempre imaginé que el Paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca.”
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“Life itself is a quotation.”
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“The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.”
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“Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.”
― The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
― The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
“The written word, obviously, is very inward, and when we're reading, we're thinking. It's a sort of spiritual, meditative activity. When we're looking at visual objects, I think our eyes are obviously directed outward, so there's not as much reflective time. And it's the reflectiveness and the spiritual inwardness about reading that appeals to me.”
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Q&A with Margaret Atwood
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Clay’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Clay’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1,238 books
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595 books
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857 books
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