Edith Grossman Quotes

For Those Of Us Who Take Literature Very Seriously, Picking Up A Work Of Fiction Is The Start Of An Adventure Comparable In Anticipatory Excitement To What I Imagine Is Felt By An Athlete Warming Up For A Competition, A Mountain Climber Preparing For The Ascent: It Is The Beginning Of A Process Whose Outcome Is Unknown, One That Promises The Thrill And Elation Of Success But May As Easily End In Bitter Disappointment. Committed Readers Realize At A Certain Point That Literature Is Where We Have Learned A Good Part Of The Little We Know About Living.

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