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title: "3 Reader Expected Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Reader Expected quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Reader Expected sayings and thoughts."
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> [I tend to think that the onus is on the writer to engage the reader, that the reader should not be expected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorin-stein/i-tend-to-think-that-the-onus-is-on-the-writer-to-engage-the-reader/)

[Lorin Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorin-stein/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/lorin-stein-22569_add_i-tend-to-think-that-the-onus-is-on-the_249001.png)

> [Every book is three books, after all; the one the writer intended, the one the reader expected, and the one that casts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-m-ford/every-book-is-three-books-after-all-the-one-the-writer-intended-the/)

[John M. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-m-ford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/john-m-ford-24552_book_every-book-is-three-books-after-all-the_1288917.jpg)

> [“The feminine reader, who expected a melodramatic ending, may relax. October”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/the-feminine-reader-who-expected-a-melodramatic-ending-may-relax/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/anton-chekhov-298_books_the-feminine-reader-who-expected-a-melod_2237836.jpg)

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