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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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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When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry. – Nicholson Baker

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Poetry
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When the apple is ripe it will fall. – Proverb

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Maturity

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends boyfriends — and he accepts it. – Larry Mcmurtry

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Maturity

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. – Thomas Alva Edison

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Maturity

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice – that is, until we have stopped saying It got lost, and say, I lost it. – Sydney J. Harris

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Maturity

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Music is the language of the heart, and conservatives always screw it up. – Glenn Beck

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I really do love Diana Ross I grew up listening to her records. I grew up in a little town in Mexico, so while we got the music, we never got the experience of watching her. – Salma Hayek

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Experience

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. – Don Marquis

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funny

The most successful person is the one who is most inspired. That is true in food and in life. – Ron Ben-Israel

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