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title: "3 Respect Literature Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-b-yehoshua/i-deeply-respect-literature-and-expect-to-gain-insight-from-a-book/)

[A. B. Yehoshua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-b-yehoshua/)

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> [I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-varda/i-have-respect-for-literature-if-he-found-the-words-if-she-found-the/)

[Agnes Varda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-varda/)

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> [What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/what-society-doesn-t-realize-is-that-in-the-past-ordinary-people/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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