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The way a book is read- which is to say,the qualities a reader brings to a book- can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.
The way a book is read- which is to say,the qualities a reader brings to a book- can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Norman Cousins
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Norman Cousins: life dates 1915 to 1990. Wikidata Q1364026, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364026 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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