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The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.
The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Alan Bennett
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Alan Bennett: documented activity in 1960. Wikidata Q654730, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654730 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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