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I would never attempt to dissuade anyone from reading a book. But please, if you're reading something that's killing you, put it down and read somethi...more

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Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality.

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I don't mind nothing happening in a book, but nothing happening in a phony way--characters saying things people never say, doing jobs that don't fit, ...more

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(from his random observations after reading David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)In the Old Curiosity Shop I discovered that in the character of Dick ...more