Dr. Seuss provided "ingenious and uniquely witty solutions to the standing problem of the juvenile fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole.
Clifton FadimanI think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
Clifton FadimanFor most men, life is a search for the proper Manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
Clifton Fadiman[Books] will visit you at your convenience, whether you are lonesome or not, on rainy days or fair. They propose themselves as either transient acquaintances or permanent friends. They will stay as long as you like, departing or returning as you wish. Their friendship entails no obligation. Best of all, and not always true of our merely human friends, they have Cleopatra's infinite variety.
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