If you spend all your time reading books that you only pretend to understand, year after year, there isn't much room for anything else. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes book pretend read
Anyone who has read a Trollope novel knows that women did not have to wait until 1960 to feel trapped. Cathleen Schine feelreadtrap Change image and share on social
Alice Munro is not only revered, she is cherished, her stories handled lovingly, turned over and over, gazed at and studied and breathed in with something approaching awe. She has never, over the years, written the way any of her contemporaries have. Cathleen Schine aliceapproachawe share on social
'What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum. Cathleen Schine deceptiveirresistiblelight Change image and share on social
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle. Mike Tyson beginbookcycle Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
The thing about Paris, it's a great city for wandering around and buying shoes and nursing a cafe au lait for hours on end and pretending you're Baudelaire. But it's not a city where you can work. Malcolm Mclaren baudelairebuycafe Change image and share on social