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title: "4 Unliterary Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“I happened to pen some literature, alas, in an utterly unliterary era.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-s-murthy/i-happened-to-pen-some-literature-alas-in-an-utterly-unliterary-era/)

[B.S. Murthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-s-murthy/)

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> [I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-heighton/i-used-to-be-more-of-a-purist-about-literature-i-thought-if-it-s-a/)

[Steven Heighton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-heighton/)

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> [“The sure mark of an unliterary man is that he considers "I've read it already" to be a conclusive argument against reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/the-sure-mark-of-an-unliterary-man-is-that-he-considers-i-ve-read-it/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/an-unliterary-man-may-be-defined-as-one-who-reads-books-once-only/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/c-s-lewis-2-132_book_an-unliterary-man-may-be-defined-as-one_2784368.png)

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