Mary Butts Quote

There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation — even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will do, for the rest — then one can let in anything one would like to read in the world.


The Journals of Mary Butts (2002)


There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation — even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will...

There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation — even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will...

There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation — even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will...

There are two kinds of reading, reading which is contemplation — even a kind of vision & reading for information. For the first only the best will...