Books (Robinson)

April 20th, 2007  |  Published in Books & Reading, Quotes

I’ve developed a great reputation for wisdom by ordering more books than I ever had time to read, and reading more books, by far, than I learned anything useful from, except, of course, that some very tedious gentlemen have written books.

–John Ames in Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (2004), 39

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