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"Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
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"The multitude of books is making us ignorant."
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"Outside books, we avoid colorful characters."
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"I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books."
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"The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them."
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"Books-oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the samefeelings.""I am sorry you think so; but if that be the case, there can at least beno want of subject. We may compare our different opinions."
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"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."
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"A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly."
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"The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea."
Creativity
"The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed."
Time
"There's always some kind of hidden logic."
Logic
"Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation."
Books
"But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry."
Choice
"French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism."
Design
"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."
Design
"I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines."
Books
"We all look for lost time."
Time
"Italy is a divided country without a center."
Nation
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