17 Writers On The Importance Of Reading
"Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them." —Lemony Snicket
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From his letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie, September 1858, via The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary.
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From her speech "Literature is Freedom."
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From his autobiography, Palm Sunday.
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From her book On Writing.
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From Life magazine, 1963.
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From his book Shelf Life.
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From his book Dear, Dear Brenda: The Lover Letters to Brenda Venus.
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Quoted in Donalyn Miller's Reading in the Wild.
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From her Newbury Award Acceptance Speech, 1963.
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From a quote in The Guardian, June 2009.
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From her Selected Letters.
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From her book Mansfield Park.
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From his book Role Models.
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