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> [“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people brought up reading for facts, who know what's going to come next and want to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/they-write-for-people-who-read-with-the-surface-of-their-minds-people/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

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## More by William Gaddis

> [“That after an hour's silence he can say, The one thing I cannot stand is dampness... That's all, it took him an hour to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/that-after-an-hour-s-silence-he-can-say-the-one-thing-i-cannot-stand/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“What is it they want from a man that they didn't get from his work? What do they expect? What is there left of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/what-is-it-they-want-from-a-man-that-they-didn-t-get-from-his-work/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“-We live in Rome, he says, turning his face to the room again, -Caligula's Rome, with a new circus of vulgar bestialized suffering in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/we-live-in-rome-he-says-turning-his-face-to-the-room-again-caligula-s/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“It is a naked city. Faith is not pampered, nor hope encouraged; there is no place to lay one's exhaustion: but instead pinnacles skewer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/it-is-a-naked-city-faith-is-not-pampered-nor-hope-encouraged-there-is/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“-And there's this twelve thousand dollars item for books. -That supposed to be twelve hundred, the twelve thousand is for paper. towels. Besides there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/and-there-s-this-twelve-thousand-dollars-item-for-books-that-supposed/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“There was the cell where Fr. Eulalio, a thriving lunatic of eighty-six who was castigating himself for unchristian pride at having all the vowels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/there-was-the-cell-where-fr-eulalio-a-thriving-lunatic-of-eighty-six/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/stupidity-is-the-deliberate-cultivation-of-ignorance/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“Venerable age had not, for him, arranged that derelict landscape against which it is privileged to sit and pick its nose, break wind, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/venerable-age-had-not-for-him-arranged-that-derelict-landscape/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“They write for people who read with the surface of their minds, people with reading habits that make the smallest demands on them, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/they-write-for-people-who-read-with-the-surface-of-their-minds-people/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [We're comic. We're all comics. We live in a comic time. And the worse it gets the more comic we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/we-re-comic-we-re-all-comics-we-live-in-a-comic-time-and-the-worse-it/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“Esther liked books out where everyone could see them, a sort of graphic index to the intricate labyrinth of her mind arrayed to impress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/esther-liked-books-out-where-everyone-could-see-them-a-sort-of/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“What greater comfort does time afford, than the objects of terror re-encountered, and their fraudulence exposed in the flash of reason?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/what-greater-comfort-does-time-afford-than-the-objects-of-terror-re/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“The function of this school is custodial. It’s here to keep these kids off the streets until the girls are big enough to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/the-function-of-this-school-is-custodial-it-s-here-to-keep-these-kids/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [“where would Christianity be today if Jesus had been given ten to twenty with time off for good behavior”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/where-would-christianity-be-today-if-jesus-had-been-given-ten-to/)

[William Gaddis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gaddis/)

> [I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gaddis/i-see-the-player-piano-as-the-grandfather-of-the-computer-the/)

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