Andre DubusA story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read it even twenty times, it can open us up, by cut or caress, to a new truth.
About This Quote
We could look at this quote as a warning against reading a book too many times. We can see that a story can open us up to new truths. Even if we have read the story a lot, if we reread it, we might find a new meaning or a fresh perspective.
Source: Meditations From A Movable Chair
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