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“One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.”

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Maxim Gorky, originally Pavlovich Vasiliyevich Korolenko, was a Russian writer known by his pen name. His works deeply revealed the sufferings of the lower classes and were hailed as masterpieces of Russian literature. His representative works include 'Childhood', 'On the Road', and 'My University'. more

“Surely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having - a little fantasy about the people we might turn into one day, when our lives are different, quieter, more introspective, and when all the urgent reading, whatever that might be, has been done. We never arrive at that point, needless to say.”

People Littles Has Beens Book Different Done Might Turns Reading Fantasy Our Lives One Day Urgent Daydreaming Introspective

Book:More Baths Less Talking: Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time Itself

Source: More Baths Less Talking: Notes from the Reading Life of a Celebrated Author Locked in Battle with Football, Family, and Time Itself

“It's music rage, which is like road rage, only more righteous. When you get road rage, a tiny part of you knows you're being a jerk, but when you get music rage, you're carrying out the will of God, and God wants these people dead.”

People Knows Want Rage Tiny Gods Will Righteous Jerk Road Rage

Author:Nick Hornby

“Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.”

People Book Ideas Reading Force Enjoy Duty

Author:Nick Hornby

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