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“The books we love offer a sketch of a whole universe that we secretly inhabit, and in which we desire the other person to assume a role. One of the conditions of happy romantic compatibility is, if not to have read the same books, to have read at least some books in common with the other person—which means, moreover, to have non-read the same books. From the beginning of the relationship, then, it is crucial to show that we can match the expectations of our beloved by making him or her sense the proximity of our inner libraries.”

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Book:How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Source: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

“Criticism demands infinitely more culture than artistic creation.”

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Book:How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Source: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

“The title of the work, its place in the collective library, the nature of the person who tells us about it, the atmosphere established in the written or spoken exhange, among many other instances, offer alternatives to the book itself that allow us to talk about ourselves without dwelling upon the work too closely.”

Book:How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Source: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

“The paradox of reading is that the path toward ourselves passes through books, but that this must remain a passage. It is a traversal of books that a good reader engages in - a reader who knows that every book is the bearer of part of himself and can give him access to it, if only he has the wisdom not to end his journey there.”

Book:How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Source: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read