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> [“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obsessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/only-reading-she-knew-could-distract-her-from-her-obsessive-thoughts/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

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> [“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obssessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/only-reading-she-knew-could-distract-her-from-her-obssessive-thoughts/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

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## More by Hilma Wolitzer

> [“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obsessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/only-reading-she-knew-could-distract-her-from-her-obsessive-thoughts/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/writing-fiction-is-a-solitary-occupation-but-not-really-a-lonely-one/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [There must be a balance of honesty and charity in the workshop. Everyone must be aware of a fellow human being behind the work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/there-must-be-a-balance-of-honesty-and-charity-in-the-workshop/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/writing-fiction-is-a-solitary-occupation-but-not-really-a-lonely-one-2/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [Jews, Germans, and Allies is an important historical document, especially in light of those revisionists who would impose a universal amnesia about the suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/jews-germans-and-allies-is-an-important-historical-document/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [My adrenaline started pumping anytime I was within a hundred yards of a bookshop. I loved books nearly as much as I loved clothes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/my-adrenaline-started-pumping-anytime-i-was-within-a-hundred-yards-of/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [Time pulses from the afternoon like blood from a serious wound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/time-pulses-from-the-afternoon-like-blood-from-a-serious-wound/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [“Bee had been the glue that held them all together, then he was the Velcro. Not as secure, maybe, but there would be an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/bee-had-been-the-glue-that-held-them-all-together-then-he-was-the/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obssessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/only-reading-she-knew-could-distract-her-from-her-obssessive-thoughts/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [The raw beauty of Natalia Ginzburg’s prose compels our gaze. First we look inward, with the shock of recognition inspired by all great writing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/the-raw-beauty-of-natalia-ginzburg-s-prose-compels-our-gaze-first-we/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [The common workshop goal is revision, not suicide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/the-common-workshop-goal-is-revision-not-suicide/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

> [hardly anything in L.A. was close to anywhere else you wanted to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilma-wolitzer/hardly-anything-in-l-a-was-close-to-anywhere-else-you-wanted-to-go/)

[Hilma Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilma-wolitzer/)

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