“An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only. . . . We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties. Till then, it is like wasting great wine on a ravenous natural thirst which merely wants cold wetness.” StoriesReadingSurpriseLiteraryRereadingLewisInklingsRe ReadingUnliterary Book:On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature Source: On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
“In truly good writing no matter how many times you read it you do not know how it is done. That is beacause there is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dis-sect out. It continues and it is always valid. Each time you re-read you see or learn something new.” MysteryGreat WritingRe Reading Book:On Writing Source: On Writing