What did Joan Didion mean by: Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting. - Joan Didion Writer · USA Copy
+ It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joan Didion, End, Harder, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried. Feraz Zeid, July 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Joan Didion, Past, Seeds, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ Anything worth having has its price. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Joan Didion, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ You have to make sure you have the characters you want. That’s really the most complicated part. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joan Didion, Character, Complicated, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ To believe in’the greater good’ isto operate, necessarily, in a certain ethical suspension. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joan Didion, Believe, Ethical, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joan Didion, Die, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ The wind shows us how close to the edge we are. Feraz Zeid, August 29, 2023December 24, 2023, Joan Didion, Air, Clouds, Stars, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
+ New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Joan Didion, Cities, New York, Notion, 0 - Joan Didion Writer · USA
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
Besides one should not believe that the people only want reading that is easy to absorb. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
