The thought of these vast stacks of books would drive him mad: the more he read, the less he seemed to know – the greater the number of the books he read, the greater the immense uncountable number of those which he could never read would seem to be…. The thought that other books were waiting for him tore at his heart forever. Thomas Wolfe
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This quote about the power of reading is from William Styron’s book, Darkness Visible. It is about the author’s lifelong struggle to understand William Shakespeare. It talks about the infinite volume of books that one may never read. As opposed to the deep need to know everything there is to know, this quote speaks about the desire to read everything one can find. The problem is not knowing enough information but the deep desire to know everything.

Source: Of Time And The River: A Legend Of Mans Hunger In His Youth

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