Walker Percy Quotes
Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.
Quotes to Explore
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The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
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In fact, I don't read newspapers any longer.
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I never read about photography.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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My mother taught me to read.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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Not all those who wander are lost.
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I love to read, and I love Martina Cole.
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For me, any book I'm writing is also a chance to get in and research and read and learn things that I maybe only knew a little bit about before.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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I would read all day if I could.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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I tend to read non-fiction.
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I read French much better than I speak.
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I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.
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Don't classify me, read me.
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If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.
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Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount of factual historical record about the life of a prophet and about social conditions in Arabia at that time. So it's possible to look at the origin of Islam in a scholarly way.
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I never get enough of the adrenaline rush of hearing good music played live and played loud like this. Hearing these songs again snatches me out of the day-to-day and helps me forget all the things I usually waste my time worrying about. As long as the music's playing I don't have to do anything except listen, relax, and enjoy myself.
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Unlike the stereotypical author, I've never had a job as a short-order cook, but I love cooking hot breakfasts for lots of people, juggling the eggs and the bacon and the tomatoes and the fried potatoes and so on.
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Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.
