Behind closed doors Quote by Siri Hustvedt Download Open image “Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.” — Siri Hustvedt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behind closed doors Behinds Closed door Closed doors Doors Pursuit Reading
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Reading and writing are closed-room activities, which literally take you away from the gaze of others. The greater risk is that they also remove… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
Reading is merely a surrogate for thinking for yourself; it means letting someone else direct your thoughts. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of… — Cynthia Heimel Copy Share Image
“Reading is a solitary pursuit, even a lone passage to a separate world. Yet to read in public, amid strangers, gives it another dimension.… — Nina Bernstein Copy Share Image
Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Reading allows you to go into a space that nothing else can take you to. — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Reading is the subtle and thorough sharing of the ideas and feelings by underhanded means. It is a gross invasion of Privacy and a… — Walter Tevis Copy Share Image
I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois and Lee… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I watched 'Holiday' in college, and that was when I had my first fantasy of being Katharine Hepburn, standing at the top of the… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
When I don't get enough sleep, I am cranky, vulnerable to headaches, and my concentration is poor. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Transformation of the self are related to where you are, and identity Is dependent on others.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
The faculty of memory cannot be separated from the imagination. They go hand in hand. To one degree or another, we all invent our… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Looking is part of love, but what you see when you look is anybody's guess.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Eventually, Edgard said, “She doesn’t know anything about me. Not even that we were roping partners. Not that we were…” He looked at Trevor… — Lorelei James Copy Share Image
“The lawyers ceded their right to argue to case before the justices. A verdict would be rendered in secret, behind closed doors, with only… — Adrienne Berard Copy Share Image
“International leaders in business, government, and nonprofit organizations whisper behind closed doors about the way visiting Americans live in their own bubbles without having… — David Livermore Copy Share Image
Sometimes the ones who seem the most holy in public are the ones hiding the most dirty of secrets behind closed doors. — Sashauni Aaeliyae Copy Share Image
Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money. — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
To all those I've loved I can't take this any more, By the time you read this, I'll be waiting at Hell's door. I'll… — Me Copy Share Image
One two, and you don't stop, yo, My eyes is sore, bein a senator, Behind closed doors hittin truth to the seafloor, The rich… — Wu Tang Copy Share Image
What you don't know is when she get home and get behind closed doors, man she hit the floor and what you can't see… — Mary Mary Copy Share Image
Seen too many ratchet ass hoes gettin sitcom. Behind closed doors all they do is suck d*ck. — Webbie Copy Share Image
“If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.” — Edward St. Aubyn Copy Share Image
If Im not good enough to be taken out in public. Im too good for you behind closed doors. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
