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“‎"It’s not as if I don’t have anything to read; there’s a tower of perfectly good unread books next to my bed, not to mention the shelves of books in the living room I’ve been meaning to reread. I find myself, maddeningly, hungry for the next one, as yet unknown. I no longer try to analyze this hunger; I capitulated long ago to the book lust that’s afflicted me most of my life.”

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Lewis Buzbee

Lewis Buzbee, born in 1957, is an American author whose works span various literary genres, including novels, poetry, and drama. Buzbee is beloved by readers for his unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“Time passes, as the novelist says. The single most useful trick of fiction for our repair and refreshment: the defeat of time. A century of family saga and a ride up an escalator can take the same number of pages. Fiction sets any conversion rate, then changes it in a syllable. The narrator’s mother carries her child up the stairs and the reader follows, for days. But World War I passes in a paragraph. I needed 125 pages to get from Labor Day to Christmas vacation. In six more words, here’s spring.”

Source: Generosity: An Enhancement

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

Self Political Compassion Caring Warfare Self Care Preservation Indulgence Self Preservation Self Indulgence Black Feminist

Book:A Burst of Light: and Other Essays

Source: A Burst of Light: and Other Essays

“anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go on sleeping soundly”

Should Has Beens Sleep Goes On Get Up Inclination Up Early

Author:Jose Saramago

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