Reread Quotes
67 quotes by 61 authors
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Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.
— Russell Banks
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What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
— Liz Carpenter
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If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors.
— Mignon McLaughlin
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Reread that pesky first clause of the Second Amendment. It doesn't say what any of us thought it said. What it says is that infringing…
— L. Neil Smith
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When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was…
— Clifton Fadiman
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I read the story and reread the story, but I still could not find the universality that the little Irishman had spoken of. All I…
— Ulysses S. Grant
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Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with the…
— Helen Dunmore
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By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one…
— Roald Dahl
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I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the…
— Anne McCaffrey
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Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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Experience is the only real teacher and if you keep a diary you get three bites at educating yourself - when it happens, when you…
— Tony Benn
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I'm no prophet, but I'm guessing that comic books will always be strong. I don't think anything can really beat the pure fun and pleasure…
— Stan Lee
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I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the…
— Harri Holkeri
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I've had many more thousands of books in my possession than my shelves at home would indicate. At one time, I tried to keep them…
— Lewis Buzbee
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Clip your year-end column and put it away for 10 years. See if you don’t feel like an idiot when you reread it.
— Steve Albini
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I often reread books I have written
— Taylor Caldwell
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A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul.
— Richard Flanagan
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Every writer I admire is my teacher. If you look at it, and if you care to read carefully enough and to read and reread…
— Sandra Cisneros
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Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been…
— Joyce Maynard
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Those who fail to reread are obliged to read the same story everywhere.
— Roland Barthes
Who Wrote These Reread Quotes
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