Quotes by : Anne Fadiman

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

Books wrote our life story, and as they accumulated on our shelves (and on our windowsills, and underneath....

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

In my view, nineteen pounds of old books are at least nineteen times as delicious as one pound of fresh....

Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that....

We spread our sleeping bags on the snow and crawled inside. The vantage point was dizzying. It was impossible....

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 reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are....

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