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> [Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath our sofa, and on top of our refrigerator), they became chapters in it themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/books-wrote-our-life-story-and-as-they-accumulated-on-our-shelves-and/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

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## More by Anne Fadiman

> [“...in the midst of the tumult, part ecstasy and part panic, into which all first-time mothers are thrown by sleep deprivation and headlong identity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/in-the-midst-of-the-tumult-part-ecstasy-and-part-panic-into-which-all/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“He simply could not imagine a time when being a Jew, or even a half Jew, was not a disability.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/he-simply-could-not-imagine-a-time-when-being-a-jew-or-even-a-half/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“When he looked back at the menu as an old man, it brought back everything; the food, the wine, the private dining room, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/when-he-looked-back-at-the-menu-as-an-old-man-it-brought-back/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“His books commingled democratically, united under the all-inclusive flag of Literature. Some were vertical, some horizontal, and some actually placed behind others. Mine were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/his-books-commingled-democratically-united-under-the-all-inclusive/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“her father had built from ax-hewn planks thatched with bamboo and grass. The floor was dirt, but it was clean. Her mother, Foua, sprinkled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/her-father-had-built-from-ax-hewn-planks-thatched-with-bamboo-and/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/some-day-as-soon-as-a-book-is-printed-it-will-be-simultaneously-put/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [The most important thing when starting out with essay writing is to find a voice with which you're comfortable. You need to find a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/the-most-important-thing-when-starting-out-with-essay-writing-is-to/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“we expect a wine of quality to demand something from us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/we-expect-a-wine-of-quality-to-demand-something-from-us/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“Going through a dead parent's memorabilia is a hazardous undertaking; there is a fine line between pleasure and pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/going-through-a-dead-parent-s-memorabilia-is-a-hazardous-undertaking/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“He was constantly, pathologically, insanely busy. That’s how he afforded the wine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/he-was-constantly-pathologically-insanely-busy-that-s-how-he-afforded/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [...the reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/the-reader-who-plucks-a-book-from-her-shelf-only-once-is-as-deprived/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“Benjamin Franklin wrote that he would like to be embalmed in a cask of Madeira”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/benjamin-franklin-wrote-that-he-would-like-to-be-embalmed-in-a-cask/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [“It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious corpus of volumes whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/it-has-long-been-my-belief-that-everyone-s-library-contains-an-odd/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/if-you-truly-love-a-book-you-should-sleep-with-it-write-in-it-read/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

> [Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-fadiman/something-amazing-happens-when-the-rest-of-the-world-is-sleeping-i-am/)

[Anne Fadiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-fadiman/)

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