Laura Furman quotes

Laura Furman quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection.”
-- Laura Furman

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“For the true bookworm it is sometimes hard to distinguish between what one has experienced and what one has read. We know that this is odd and even a little demented. But there it is. We are uneasy in a void with no book.”
-- Laura Furman

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“It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming with someone right beside you.”
-- Laura Furman

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“Reading is a socially acceptable form of hallucination.”
-- Laura Furman

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