Quotes by : Anne Fadiman

His books commingled democratically, united under the all-inclusive flag of Literature. Some were vertical,....

...in the midst of the tumult, part ecstasy and part panic, into which all first-time mothers are thrown....

You're a romantic. What's romantic about a guy wanting to go somewhere and actually getting there?

The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be....

I have never been able to resist a book about books.

But like balloons, they were excessively buoyant, and if you weren't careful, they floated away.

Marina wouldn't want to be remembered because she dead. She would want to be remembered because she's....

So, if you're a doctor, how can you recognize that you're having a feeling? Some tips from Dr. Zinn:Most....

...the reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending....

One of the strongest motivations for rereading is purely selfish: it helps you remember what you used....