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> [Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-modiano/really-i-prefer-not-to-read-my-early-books-not-that-i-don-t-like-them/)

[Patrick Modiano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-modiano/)

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> [Philip Roth has been a huge influence on me. The early books I read in my teens and twenties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/philip-roth-has-been-a-huge-influence-on-me-the-early-books-i-read-in/)

[Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/)

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> [“The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-greene/the-influence-of-early-books-is-profound-so-much-of-the-future-lies/)

[Graham Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-greene/)

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> [Nevertheless, one learned very early that books had to be respected; they were all putative Bibles and to some small degree had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-miller/nevertheless-one-learned-very-early-that-books-had-to-be-respected/)

[Arthur Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-miller/)

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> [There are a lot of bars and shoe stores in my early books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pelecanos/there-are-a-lot-of-bars-and-shoe-stores-in-my-early-books/)

[George Pelecanos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pelecanos/)

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> [Miffy has changed quite a lot since the early books, although I never realised it at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-bruna/miffy-has-changed-quite-a-lot-since-the-early-books-although-i-never/)

[Dick Bruna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-bruna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/dick-bruna-30694_although_miffy-has-changed-quite-a-lot-since-the_2607893.png)

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