Roy Blount, Jr. Quote

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.


Reading and Nothingness, Of Proust in the Summer Sun, New York Times (June 2, 1985).


A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.