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I had read Harold Bloom's 'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' Late in his life, having read everything, Bloom asked which books had given him wisdom. I had just read a bunch of contemporary novels that had no wisdom for me.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Asked Bloom Books Bunch Contemporary Everything Found Given Had Harold Having Him His Just Late Life Me Novels Read Shall Where Which Wisdom

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Say I lived until 80 and read a book a month seriously, that means I was looking at 480 books left in my life. If I had only 480 left, I wanted to stop sifting through material I didn't have confidence in and turn my attention to those that I know merited my reading.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Attention Book Books Confidence Had Know Left Life Lived Looking Material Means Month My Life Only Read Reading Say Seriously Stop Those Through Turn Until Wanted

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As a youth, I always did a good deal of reading in the summer months, having suffered since birth from an allergy to athletic activity.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Activity Allergy Always Athletic Birth Deal Did Good Good Deal Having Months Reading Since Suffered Summer Youth

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In my college years, I would retreat to our summer house for two weeks in June to read a novel a day. How exciting it was, after pouring my coffee and making myself comfortable on the porch, to open the next book on the roster, read the first sentences, and find myself on the platform of a train station.

~Amor Towles

Topics: After Book Coffee College Comfortable Day Exciting Find First House How June Making Myself Next Novel Open Our Platform Porch Pouring Read Retreat Sentences Station Summer Train Two Two Weeks Weeks Would Years

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I've always loved reading manifestos. Collectively, they represent a triumph of style.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Always Collectively Loved Reading Represent Style Triumph

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When I traveled professionally in Europe, I would inevitably spend a weekend at the Hotel Costes around the corner from the Place Vendome in Paris.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Around Corner Europe Hotel Inevitably Paris Place Professionally Spend Traveled Weekend Would

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One restaurant I visit without fail, whenever I'm in the Bay Area, is the Boulevard at 1 Mission Street, a few strides from the waterfront. It has excellent food and wine very much in the modern California style, but I go there less for any one dish than for the pleasure of dining with the restaurant's chefs.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Any Area Bay Bay Area Boulevard California Chefs Dining Dish Excellent Fail Few Food Go Less Mission Modern Much Pleasure Restaurant Street Strides Style Than Very Visit Whenever Wine Without

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Strangely enough, my favorite airport is Logan Airport in Boston - but largely for sentimental reasons. My first real summer job was working as a journeyman for the airport's resident maintenance crew - a small army of union electricians, plumbers, and carpenters.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Airport Army Boston Crew Enough Favorite First Job Journeyman Largely Maintenance Real Reasons Resident Sentimental Small Strangely Summer Union Working

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Russia was the last to leave the 19th century and the most rapid to enter the mandates of the 20th century. It was not an evolution. It was not a slow process.

~Amor Towles

Topics: Century Enter Evolution Last Leave Mandates Most Process Rapid Russia Slow 20Th Century 19Th Century

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When I sat down to write 'Rules of Civility,' I didn't write it for anybody but myself. I wasn't trying to make my mark or make money. I wasn't anxious about feeding my kids or whether my father would be proud of me.

~Amor Towles

Topics: About Anxious Anybody Civility Down Father Feeding Kids Make Mark Me Money Myself Proud Rules Sat Trying Whether Would Write

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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