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— James Salter"Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things."
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The one-legged creature is envious of the millipede; the millipede is envious of the snake; the snake is envious of the wind; the wind is envious of the eye; the eye is envious of the heart.
— Zhuangzi
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Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how to die; they dispel melancholy by their mirth, and amuse by their wit; they prepare the soul to suffer everything and desire nothing; they introduce us to ourselves.
— Holbrook Jackson
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