Clifton Fadiman

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#classics

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#personal-growth

The tantrums of cloth-headed celluloid idols are deemed fit for grown-up conversation, while silence settles over such a truly important matter as food. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#food

Cheese is milk's leap towards immortality. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#immortality #leap #milk #towards

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#build #conversation #genuine #i #i tried

As between mileage and experience choose experience. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#choose #experience #mileage

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#experience #eye #firm #handshake #hiding

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#any #gross #including #insomnia #itself

Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#gertrude stein #happen #making #masterly #nothing

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#had #i #main #order #recollection