cool quote

[orangerful]

When you re-read a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did
before; you see more in yourself than there was before.

-Clifton Fadiman, editor and critic (1904-1999)

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[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

Very cool quote. Interestingly I did recently re-read a classic - Of Mice and Men. I hated it with a burning passion in high school, but re-reading it I realize that I've grown up and am able to look at it in a new light. I actually liked it a lot the second time. So there you go.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

That was like when I reread The Giver a couple years ago. We had to read it in 6th grade and I just remembered not liking it at all. Reading it as an adult, I loved it. (I think I was too young for it. A book about society and the greater good...when you're 12, there is NO ONE ELSE but you LOL)