Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader and the book have their own relationship now, and should be left alone to work things out for themselves.


This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage (2013)

Ann Patchett Quotes

Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader...

Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader...

Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader...

Reading is a private act, private even from the person who wrote the book. Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point. The reader...