“I think [James] Joyce sometimes enjoyed misleading his readers. He said to me that history was like that parlor game where someone whispers something to the person next to him, who repeats it not very distinctly to the next person, and so on until, by the time the last person hears it, it comes out completely transformed. Of course, as he explained to me, the meaning in Finnegans Wake is obscure because it is a 'nightpiece.' I think, too, that, like the author's sight, the work is often blurred.” ThinkingPersonsSaidSometimesLastsCoursesNextGamesReaderSightEnjoyedRepeatsTransformedObscureMisleadJoyceParlorFinnegans WakeParlor Games Author:Sylvia Beach
“Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader--it is never quite oneself. 2) I usually hate the sight of my handwriting--it lives too much and I dislike its life--I mean by "lives," of course, betrays too much!” LifeMeanReasonHateCoursesToo MuchReaderSightOneselfDislikeBetrayNever QuitDiariesAmbiguityNotebookHandwriting Author:Lionel Trilling
“I really rely a lot more on memory. I'm definitely not as good of a sight reader.” MemoriesReaderSightRely Author:John Petrucci
“Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.” IfsMindLooksHeartLostGrowsReaderSightPhilosophicalAbsenceLeapAdviseSagacityAbsence Makes The HeartAbsence Makes The Heart Grow FonderOf Sight Out Of Mind Author:Leo Rosten