Quote by Nicholson Baker
In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. – Nicholson Baker

Other quotes by Nicholson Baker

So I really began as a failed poet – although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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Poetry
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Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library. – Nicholson Baker

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Reading
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I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue – a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they werent libelous or otherwise illegal. – Nicholson Baker

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Dreams
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I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification. – Peggy Cahn

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Maturity

Basically my wife was immature. Id be at home in the bath and she would come in and sink my boats. – Woody Allen

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Maturity

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. – Hervey Allen

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Maturity

When the apple is ripe it will fall. – Proverb

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Maturity

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A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts. – Axel Munthe

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I was a little different. I still say Im a little different, because success to me is not having the most money, or having the biggest car or the biggest house. – Herschel Walker

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There are millions of people who consume music illegally every month. Just getting them into a legal service will make the music industry way bigger than its ever been before. – Daniel Ek

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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three oclock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap. – Barbara Jordan

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