“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” — Lemony Snicket
From Gustav Flaubert's letter to Mademoiselle Leroyer de Chantepie, September 1858 via The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary.
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From Sontag's speech, "Literature is Freedom."
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From his autobiography Palm Sunday.
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From Welty's On Writing.
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