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Cliff Fadiman Quotes

«When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before»
«I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.»
Author: Cliff Fadiman | Keywords: allusion, amusing, helpful, quote
«There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.»
Author: Cliff Fadiman | Keywords: lessor
«Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.»
Author: Cliff Fadiman | Keywords: Faulkner
«To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry on its dull wall-existence by the arbitrary timetables we have drawn up in consultation with those permanent commuters, Earth and Sun. But we, unlike trees, need grow no annual rings.»
«Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality.»
Author: Cliff Fadiman