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“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”
― John Cheever

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
― Nikolai V. Gogol

“A feeling is no longer the same when it comes the second time. It dies through the awareness of its return. We become tired and weary of our feelings when they come too often and last too long.”
― Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon