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“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
by 7222aafdcf68cfe 2y ago
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
- VoodooJuJu 2y agoCope. You get out of books what you put into them. If you can't remember what you've read, it's because you didn't work to remember it (and that's okay). This quote is just cope for people to passively consume and feel good about it.
- namaria 2y agoWhat are you suggesting, exactly, Ralph Waldo Emerson has to cope with literature consumption wise?
- muzani 2y agoThis was before the era of the internet though, when "book" was the closest thing to a wikipedia page or a reel.
- meiraleal 2y agoWow. I came to say this and got a quote from a famous guy