The greatest book is not the one whose message engraves itself on the brain, as a telegraphic message engraves itself on the ticker-tape, but the one whose vital impact opens up other viewpoints, and from writer to reader spreads the fire that is fed by the various essences, until it becomes a vast conflagration leaping from forest to forest.
Romain RollandAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: french
- Born: January 29, 1866
- Died: December 30, 1944
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