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Reading Quotes by Siri Hustvedt
- The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even…
- I don't want the words to be naked the way they are in faxes or in the computer. I want them to be covered by…
- Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.
- Reading is perception as translation. The inert signs of an alphabet become living meanings in the mind.
- Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent reading, the feel…
- I bought myself a rubber brain, familiarized myself with its many parts, listened intently, and read more. In fact, I read obsessively, as my husband…
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