We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.

Harold Bloom

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Better Cannot Deeply Enough Enough People Familiar Just Know Knowledge Most Need Others Ourselves People Profoundly Read Reasons Require Self Them Things Varied Way We Cannot

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