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«The laws of nature are written deep in the folds and faults of the earth. By encouraging men to learn those laws one can lead them further to a knowledge of the author of all laws.»
«The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts in it. Anyone who can read, can learn to read deeply and thus live more fully.»
Author: Norman Cousins (Editor, Essayist) | About: Books, Reading | Keywords: The Author
«The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the author's ideas and those of the public»
Author: Chamfort | About: Books | Keywords: affinity, due to, The Author
«The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.»
Author: Norman Cousins (Editor, Essayist) | About: Reading | Keywords: The Author
«The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.»
«Though I am the author of this system, one should know that I do nothing and I am eternal.»
«The devil is the author of confusion»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli (Novelist, Prime Minister) | About: Evil | Keywords: The Author
«The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.»
«The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.»
«We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.»

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