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 met this woman who was a hundred, this housekeeper, a hundred years old. I interviewed her. She just told me about her whole life. She's like, 'I can't read, I can't write; I can tell you who I was working for, and I can tell you the year, but who was president?'
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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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Society as we know it is almost a conspiracy against human health. One of the main forces working to counteract that is the trailsman.
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The fact of progress is written plain and large on the page of history; but progress is not a law of nature.
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Rod has such a wicked sense of humour. I loved him very much.
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I try to live honestly in every aspect of my life, which can make things a bit more complicated, right?
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It was very difficult in the beginning, when everybody was talking about it. My mother just couldn't take it. It hurt her terribly. She used to worry all the time, go in to depression frequently. When she cried, we children used to cry with her
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Before, I wandered as a diversion. Now I wander seriously and sit and read as a diversion.
