Anne Fadiman Quote

The reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven symphony, never hears it again.


Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love (2005)


The reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven...

The reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven...

The reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven...

The reader who plucks a book from her shelf only once is as deprived as the listener who, after attending a single performance of a Beethoven...