Quote by Italo Calvino
When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attent

When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign — a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they dont want to hear the word mentioned. – Italo Calvino

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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. – Italo Calvino

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The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner. – Italo Calvino

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[R]eading time is still limited no matter how many commitments of work or friendship I am willing to ditch in favor of the pages. – Francis Spufford (b.1964), “Confessions of an English Fiction Eater,” The Child

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Books — the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. – George Steiner

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As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! – William James

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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France

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