Quote by Clifton Fadiman
When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. – Clifton Fadiman

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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. – Clifton Fadiman

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Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. – Clifton Fadiman

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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is a pleasure beyond compare. – Kenko Yoshida

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Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. – Harold Bloom

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If you have never said “Excuse me” to a parking meter or bashed your shins on a fireplug, you are probably wasting too much valuable reading time. – Sherri Chasin Calvo

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Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. – Plato

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