“Most rats read. Our frustration is, we cannot hold a pen to write.”

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American television writer and novelist 1962

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“By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well.”

"The Noodle Factory", speech given at the dedication of the Shain Library at Connecticut College, New London
Palm Sunday (1981)
Context: And I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.

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“To hold a pen is to be at war.”

Voltaire (1694–1778) French writer, historian, and philosopher

Qui plume a, guerre a.
Letter to Jeanne-Grâce Bosc du Bouchet, comtesse d'Argental (4 October 1748)
This remark also appears in a letter to Marie-Louise Denis (22 May 1752): To hold a pen is to be at war. This world is one vast temple consecrated to discord [Qui plume a, guerre a. Ce monde est un vaste temple dédié à la discorde].
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