The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.
More Quotes from Anatole Broyard:
Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety.Anatole Broyard
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding.
Anatole Broyard
She was a spendthrift of the spirit, an American in Paris when, as Evelyn Waugh said, the going was good.
Anatole Broyard
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars.
Anatole Broyard
The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self.
Anatole Broyard
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.
Anatole Broyard
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Books QuotesThe real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
You Liberals think that goats are just sheep from broken homes.
Malcolm Bradbury
I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, and I have a couple of drinks and I'm really good fun and then I'm really not fun.
Tracey Emin