“For the biographer, the final clue to character lies in the yet unread - the scribbled note, the diary page, a notation in the margin of a draft - until the day when even the most devoted portraitist of the… — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection. — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
“For the biographer, the final clue to character lies in the yet unread - the scribbled note, the diary page, a notation in the… — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
For the true bookworm it is sometimes hard to distinguish between what one has experienced and what one has read. We know that this… — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming with someone… — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection. — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
“She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.” — Laura Furman Copy Share Image
