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"When I read, I'm purely a reader."
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"I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!"
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"Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual."
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"Reading opens up other pockets of the mind."
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"From the time I could read, I found solace in my father's library...At the ages of ten and eleven and twelve I would have preferred to remain in the library..."
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"I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in."
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"What a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! I went in and found the table laden with books. I looked in and sniffed them all. I could not resist carrying this one off and broaching it. I think I could happily live here and read forever."
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"If I am communicating to my readers exactly what the White House believes on any certain issue, that's reporting to them an unvarnished, unfiltered version of what they - the Administration - believe."
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"Be able to read blueprints, diagrams, floorplans, and other diagrams used in the construction process."
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"Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way."
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"I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed."
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"And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be."
Class
"She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages."
Writing
"I was standing in the schoolyard waiting for a child when another mother came up to me. Have you found work yet? she asked. Or are you still just writing?"
Work
"I've always enjoyed studying the small clues that indicate a particular class level."
Class
"While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put."
Dream
"My decision to start a new one is just that, a decision, since I never get inspirations."
Decision-Making
"I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward."
Talk
"People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have."
People
"I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing."
Writing
"I think it must be very hard to be one of the new young writers who are urged to put themselves forward when it may be the last thing on earth they'd be good at."
Earth
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