We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful to meet artists who have given us pleasure.

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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...

Between the covers of the books that no one had ever read again, in the...