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title: "1 Book Classic Quotes By Janna Malamud Smith"
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> [“Perhaps a book becomes a classic in proportion to how broadly its characters can be scavenged, how many readers find within it something they experience as desirable or even intimately necessary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janna-malamud-smith/perhaps-a-book-becomes-a-classic-in-proportion-to-how-broadly-its/)

Janna Malamud Smith

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## More by Janna Malamud Smith

> [“I thought of her as my mother, but rarely of myself as her daughter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janna-malamud-smith/i-thought-of-her-as-my-mother-but-rarely-of-myself-as-her-daughter/)

Janna Malamud Smith

> [“Perhaps a book becomes a classic in proportion to how broadly its characters can be scavenged, how many readers find within it something they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janna-malamud-smith/perhaps-a-book-becomes-a-classic-in-proportion-to-how-broadly-its/)

Janna Malamud Smith

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