'Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.'
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'I know I am finished with a book when I never want to see it again. And if you have worked at it long enough to hate the sight of it, I promise you will come to love it again some sweet day. That is when you will know you did a writer's work.'