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> [“Only in intimacy with obscenity can one know what is obscene.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-c-booth/only-in-intimacy-with-obscenity-can-one-know-what-is-obscene/)

[Wayne C. Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-c-booth/)

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## More by Wayne C. Booth

> [“That sense of contributing to a community is never more rewarding than when you discover something that you believe can improve your readers’ lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-c-booth/that-sense-of-contributing-to-a-community-is-never-more-rewarding/)

[Wayne C. Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-c-booth/)

> [“Only in intimacy with obscenity can one know what is obscene.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-c-booth/only-in-intimacy-with-obscenity-can-one-know-what-is-obscene/)

[Wayne C. Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-c-booth/)

> [“When teachers are fully successful, they are successful beyond any of their conscious intentions about particular subjects: they make converts, they make souls that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-c-booth/when-teachers-are-fully-successful-they-are-successful-beyond-any-of/)

[Wayne C. Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-c-booth/)

> [“There is pleasure from learning the simple truth, and there is a pleasure from learning that the truth is not simple.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-c-booth/there-is-pleasure-from-learning-the-simple-truth-and-there-is-a/)

[Wayne C. Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-c-booth/)

> [“… no place is more filled with imagined voices than a library.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-c-booth/no-place-is-more-filled-with-imagined-voices-than-a-library/)

[Wayne C. Booth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-c-booth/)

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