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• A wise reader reads the book of genius not with his heart, not so much with his brain, but with his spine.… — Vladimir Nabokov
• The reader reads aloud, with a sing-song up … then down … then down again cadence. My mood shifts from merely reluctant… — Gabrielle Hamilton
• Each reader reads only what is already within himself. The book is only a sort of optical instrument which the writer offers… — Marcel Proust
• Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. — Steven Pressfield
• Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors. All are continually asking, "What does this represent?… — Steven Pressfield
• I think when a reader reads a whole book - which takes six to ten hours - that’s kind of a gift… — Po Bronson
• The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can.… — C.S. Lewis
• The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember… — Thomas Wolfe

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