I often find that a novel, even a well-written and compelling novel, can become a blur to me soon after I've finished reading it. I recollect perfectly the feeling of reading it, the mood I occupied, but I am less sure about the narrative details. It is almost as if the book were, as Wittgenstein said of his propositions, a ladder to be climbed and then discarded after it has served its purpose. Sven Birkerts
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This quote from Stephen King is very true. After reading a book, we can remember how it made us feel, but we forget the details and the characters and the plot. We often forget the things we find important about a book.

Source: The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate Of Reading In An Electronic Age

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