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> [ “To eat one's fill, eat until the exhaustion of the appetite, was the principal pleasure that the peasants dangled before their imagination, and one that they rarely realized in their lives. They \[the peasants\] also imagined other dreams coming true,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/to-eat-one-s-fill-eat-until-the-exhaustion-of-the-appetite-was-the/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

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## More by Robert Darnton

> [It's important to make clear to all the schools at Harvard the central role of the library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/it-s-important-to-make-clear-to-all-the-schools-at-harvard-the/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [In 2002, Google began an ambitious project to digitize every book in the world. It was intended as a search project: type in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/in-2002-google-began-an-ambitious-project-to-digitize-every-book-in/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of book history.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/as-a-graduate-student-at-oxford-in-1963-i-began-writing-about-books/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/while-confronting-the-problems-of-the-present-i-often-find-myself/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [“News in not what happened but a story about what happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/news-in-not-what-happened-but-a-story-about-what-happened/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [I arrived from Harvard, where I had studied philosophy and the history of ideas, with a bias toward literature and formal thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/i-arrived-from-harvard-where-i-had-studied-philosophy-and-the-history/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [Thanks to modern technology, we now can deliver every text in every research library to every citizen in our country, and to everyone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/thanks-to-modern-technology-we-now-can-deliver-every-text-in-every/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [When you tell people you're in history, they give you this pained expression because that was the course they hated in high school. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/when-you-tell-people-you-re-in-history-they-give-you-this-pained/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [People think that when you use Google you're finding exactly what you need, but really, you need expert help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/people-think-that-when-you-use-google-you-re-finding-exactly-what-you/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [I was very fortunate to be elected to the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which is, in effect, a small research center where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/i-was-very-fortunate-to-be-elected-to-the-society-of-fellows-at/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it, I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/as-president-of-the-american-historical-association-i-started-a/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [I would not minimize the digital divide, which separates the computerized world from the rest, nor would I underestimate the importance of traditional books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/i-would-not-minimize-the-digital-divide-which-separates-the/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [“By seeing the way a joke worked in the horseplay of a printing shop two centuries ago, we may be able to recapture that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/by-seeing-the-way-a-joke-worked-in-the-horseplay-of-a-printing-shop/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [The idea of a national digital library has been in the air for a long time, and there was a danger that some people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/the-idea-of-a-national-digital-library-has-been-in-the-air-for-a-long/)

[Robert Darnton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-darnton/)

> [The fact that I spend a lot of time in the 18th century doesn't mean I'm not concerned with the 21st.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-darnton/the-fact-that-i-spend-a-lot-of-time-in-the-18th-century-doesn-t-mean/)

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