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Reading Quotes by Joseph Brodsky
- As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine. Since there are…
- When I'm not writing or reading, I'm thinking about both.
- If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty,…
- Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on…
- There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
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- A word after a word after a word is power. — Margaret Atwood
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
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- I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't a lot… — Margaret Atwood
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- Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. — Marcus Aurelius
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen