--- title: "4 Giovanni's Room Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Giovanni's Room quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Giovanni's Room sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/alexander-chee-16129_anna_throughout-my-reading-life-i-ve-enjoyed_557228.jpg" --- > [Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. The oysters at dinner near the beginning of Anna Karenina, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-chee/throughout-my-reading-life-i-ve-enjoyed-many-memorable-meals-if-only/) [Alexander Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-chee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/alexander-chee-16129_anna_throughout-my-reading-life-i-ve-enjoyed_557228.jpg) > [Early gay novels such as 'Giovanni's Room' and 'The City and the Pillar' were not nearly as important to me as Isherwood's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-white/early-gay-novels-such-as-giovanni-s-room-and-the-city-and-the-pillar/) [Edmund White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c12/edmund-white-2376_about_early-gay-novels-such-as-giovanni-s-room_2085155.jpg) > [I dare you to read a book this weekend! War and Peace? To Kill a Mocking Bird? Catcher in the Rye? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-dare-you-to-read-a-book-this-weekend-war-and-peace-to-kill-a/) [Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/madonna-ciccone-401_bell-jar_i-dare-you-to-read-a-book-this-weekend-w_2827653.png) > [I think about some of the novels I love - The Stranger, Disgrace, Quicksand and Passing, Giovanni's Room, The Talented Mr. Ripley.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danzy-senna/i-think-about-some-of-the-novels-i-love-the-stranger-disgrace/) [Danzy Senna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danzy-senna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/danzy-senna-19310_books_i-think-about-some-of-the-novels-i-love_2845222.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giovannis-room/#itemlist", "name": "Giovanni's Room Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Throughout my reading life, I've enjoyed many memorable meals-if only fictionally. 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