"Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go." Clay Christensen
That's a quote that gets me thinking.
"I don't think the reader should be indulged as a consumer, because he isn't one. Literature that indulges the tastes of the reader is a degraded literature. My goal is to disappoint the usual expectations and inspire new ones." Elena Ferrante
Definitely. Those are the best books.
"Reading is not a value in itself! Much more nonsense has been printed since Gutenberg than poor television has been able to broadcast in its 60 years of existence." Helmut Thoma, Austrian media manager
Also true, if you always read the same stuff, you are going nowhere.
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Very interesting quotes.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lark. There are so many witty and intelligent quotes out there, I just don*t find the time to publish them regularly.
DeleteI DO so like a book subverting my expectations! That happened just recently. It was GREAT!
ReplyDeleteFantastic, Kitten. Which of those books you read was it? Must have been great.
DeleteIt was an old SF novel from the 1950's called 'The Black Cloud' by Fred Hoyle. I was expecting a standard 'end-of-the-world' story, but it changed direction TWICE. It was a bit slow in places (essentially people talking in rooms) but I found it entertaining - which is the point of course!
DeleteYou are right there, Kitten. I will have to read about that book, even though I might not actually get to read it.
DeleteThe last quote bothers me a little. I am interested in what I am interested in. I can't force myself to read something that I find boring, it will only color my experience and make me not like the book, even if it's actually a great read.
ReplyDeleteOf course, it doesn't help to read stuff you are not interested in but it doesn't help if you always read the same stuff, you learn nothing. I know you don't belong to that group, on the contrary.
DeleteI am pretty set in my ways when it comes to fiction I suppose, but non-fiction is pretty much a free-for-all, lol
DeleteI definitely wasn't talking about you, Sarah. LOL
DeleteThe Clay Christensen quote is particularly intriguing. Not quite sure how I feel about it.
ReplyDeleteI am not always sure whether I agree with the person who said the quote, Jane. But I always find they are worth mentioning and think about.
DeleteSo, I know what you mean about this.
These are very thought provoking. I try to read all sorts of books, from the silly to the serious.
ReplyDeleteThat is always a good idea, Lydia. There are genres that I don't care for but have read them when they come up in a book club. Some of them were good, others not so much.
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