Skip to content

Book Quote by Nathanael West

“You once said to me that I talk like a man in a book. I not only talk, but think and feel like one. I have spent my life in books; literature has deeply dyed my brain its own colour. This literary colouring is a protective one--like the brown of the rabbit or the checks of the quail--making it…” quote by Nathanael West
Download Open image
“You once said to me that I talk like a man in a book. I not only talk, but think and feel like one. I have spent my life in books; literature has deeply dyed my brain its own colour. This literary colouring is a protective one--like the brown of the rabbit or the checks of the quail--making it impossible for me to tell where literature ends and I begin.”

Nathanael West

3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings)

More by Nathanael West

Explore all 58 Nathanael West quotes

More Book quotes

Browse all 29,278 Book quotes