We read not only because we cannot know enough people, but because friendship is so vulnerable, so likely to diminish or disappear, overcome by space, time, imperfect sympathies, and all the sorrows of familial and passional life.


How to Read and Why (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2001) - ISBN: 9780684859071

Harold Bloom Quotes

We read not only because we cannot know enough people, but because friendship is so vulnerable, so likely to diminish or disappear, overcome by...

We read not only because we cannot know enough people, but because friendship is so vulnerable, so likely to diminish or disappear, overcome by...

We read not only because we cannot know enough people, but because friendship is so vulnerable, so likely to diminish or disappear, overcome by...

We read not only because we cannot know enough people, but because friendship is so vulnerable, so likely to diminish or disappear, overcome by...