In an age like ours, which is not given to letter-writing, we forget what an important part it used to play in people's lives.
Anatole BroyardWhen friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
Anatole BroyardIt is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at lives they couldn't wait to leave.
Anatole BroyardThe more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night stands or "reads" for them.
Anatole Broyard