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> [We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/we-breathe-we-think-we-conceive-of-our-lives-as-narratives/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

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## More by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

> [We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/we-breathe-we-think-we-conceive-of-our-lives-as-narratives/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/even-if-language-is-a-living-evolving-organism-we-don-t-have-to/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [In the spirit of Julian Barnes's Flaubert's Parrot and Alain de Botton's How Proust Can Change Your Life, Mr. Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/in-the-spirit-of-julian-barnes-s-flaubert-s-parrot-and-alain-de/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/the-beginning-of-a-plot-is-the-prompting-of-desire/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [The dream is everything in the sport of fishing. You dream with every cast of your fly that the shadowy form will finally rise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/the-dream-is-everything-in-the-sport-of-fishing-you-dream-with-every/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/there-s-an-enormous-difference-between-being-a-critic-and-a-reviewer/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/rice-krispies-happens-to-be-one-of-my-favorite-junk-foods-just-as-i/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/mr-frazier-makes-me-laugh-out-loud/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/to-be-crazy-is-not-necessarily-to-writhe-in-snake-pits-or-converse/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/one-is-happy-to-report-that-israel-shenker-is-still-at-the-aerosol/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/a-brilliant-and-challenging-discussion-presented-with-extraordinary/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/there-is-no-medical-proof-that-television-causes-brain-damage-at/)

[Christopher Lehmann-Haupt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lehmann-haupt/)

> [Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lehmann-haupt/even-when-you-disagree-with-her-she-electrifies-your-mind/)

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