Anatole Broyard Quotes

When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance. - Anatole Broyard

We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. - Anatole Broyard

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. - Anatole Broyard

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. - Anatole Broyard

There is something about seeing real people on a stage that makes a bad play more intimately, more personally offensive than any other art form. - Anatole Broyard

The tension between yes and o, between I can and I cannot, makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. - Anatole Broyard

The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. - Anatole Broyard

The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable. - Anatole Broyard

The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them. - Anatole Broyard

The midnight snack of a life in its 70s. - Anatole Broyard

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