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Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the…

— Marcel Proust

“In reality, every reader, while he is reading, is the reader of his own self. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical…

— Marcel Proust

The place for truth is not in the facts of a novel; it is in the feelings.

— Mary Stewart

The good of a book lies in its being read.

— Umberto Eco

“Words in books can remind us of truth, and help awaken us to it. But in themselves, words are just paint and writers are…

— David James Duncan

I don't know who said that novelists read the novels of others only to figure out how they are written. I believe it's true.…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.

— Wally Lamb

But when I say it isn't meant for anyone's eyes, I don't mean it in the sense of one of those novel manuscripts people…

— Katharine Weber

You don't look up truthiness in a book, you look it up in your gut.

— Stephen Colbert

The importance of truth in books are just not want to see the false world the mirror of truth

— Mak_786

The things that the novel does not say are necessarily more numerous than those it does say and only a special halo around what…

— Italo Calvino

“They think they know the book by its cover, but the book knows what it is. Now he knew better; if the book never…

— Ken Kesey