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The way to get people's votes is to say that all their problems are caused by other people, and that you will stop those other people from giving them trouble. But if you really want to help, then you can tell them the truth and risk losing their votes.

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Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid culture that won’t educate its people to read these things. It would be a much more interesting place if it would. And it’s not just that mechanics and plumbers don’t read literary fiction, it’s that doctors and lawyers don’t read literary fiction. It has nothing to do with class, it has to do with an anti-intellectual culture that doesn’t trust art.

Art, Everybody, Interesting, Plumbers, Stupid, Thinking

Elisabeth Sheffield's new novel is multilayered, smart, beautifully written, and funny. I was taken in by the first paragraph and held firmly through the roller coaster of a ride. The depth of the novel was evidenced by the constantly shifting meaning of the title itself. In fact, the entire work never changes its meaning, but somehow, seamlessly, simply means more. This is a rare and memorable piece of work.

Changes, Meaning, Memorable, Roller, Smart, Taken

It's okay to love something bigger than yourself without fearing it. Anything worth loving is bigger than we are anyway.

Anyway, Bigger, Loving, Okay, Something Bigger Than Yourself, Worth

Read. Always read. No one can take that away from you.

Away, Away From You, Read, Take

Why will I bury you? So that one day I might disturb your grave.

Day, Disturb, Grave, Graves, Might, One Day
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