"A good heavy book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic."
— Roy Blount Jr.

January 1, 1970

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Sources

“Reading and Nothingness, Of Proust in the Summer Sun,” New York Times (June 2, 1985).