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> [We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent than we.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/we-who-are-quotatious-are-never-truly-alone-but-always-hear-the/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

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## More by Joseph Epstein

> [I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/i-am-basically-a-complainer-and-all-the-grounds-for-complaint-have/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [I think the story is my form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/i-think-the-story-is-my-form/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/i-was-recently-asked-what-it-takes-to-become-a-writer-three-things-i/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [“To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and mental imprisonment…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/to-be-in-the-middle-of-composing-a-book-is-almost-always-to-feel/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/i-am-the-heterosexual-truman-capote/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/not-to-like-ice-cream-is-to-show-oneself-uninterested-in-food/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [We who are quotatious are never truly alone, but always hear the cheerful flow of remarks made by dead writers so much more intelligent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/we-who-are-quotatious-are-never-truly-alone-but-always-hear-the/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/culture-means-i-think-that-you-have-widened-your-experience-enough/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [Food has it over sex for variety. Hedonistically, gustatory possibilities are much broader than copulatory ones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/food-has-it-over-sex-for-variety-hedonistically-gustatory/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [“Getting rid of most of my personal library comported nicely with my longheld fantasy of traveling light, existing with minimal encumbrances, living simply. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/getting-rid-of-most-of-my-personal-library-comported-nicely-with-my/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/envy-is-never-general-but-always-very-particular-at-least-envy-of-the/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [Many moons ago dictionaries of quotations may have been less needed than they are today. In those good/bad old days, people walked around with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/many-moons-ago-dictionaries-of-quotations-may-have-been-less-needed/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/of-the-seven-deadly-sins-only-envy-is-no-fun-at-all/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [I know how many days in which I have just answered e-mail, had three phone calls and a two hour lunch. Poof, gone. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/i-know-how-many-days-in-which-i-have-just-answered-e-mail-had-three/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

> [I am married to someone I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-epstein/i-am-married-to-someone-i-love/)

[Joseph Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-epstein/)

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