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Gore Vidal Quotes

Gore Vidal quotes about reading

American Novelist, Writer October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012

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I have been reading Plotinus all evening. He has the power to sooth me; and I find his sadness curiously comforting. Even when he writes: “Life here with the things of earth is a sinking, a defeat, a failure of the wing.” The wing has indeed failed. One sinks. Defeat is certain. Even as I write these lines, the lamp wick sputters to an end, and the pool of light in which I sit contracts. Soon the room will be dark. One has always feared that death would be like this. But what else is... Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't..."
Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half..."
Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. Gore Vidal
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. Gore Vidal
Miss Rand now tells us that what we have thought was right is really wrong. The lesson should have read: One for one and none for all. Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal quote: "How hungrily we read about ourselves!"
How hungrily we read about ourselves! Gore Vidal

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