6 Quotes by Laura Furman

She was the curator of her marriage, collector of swift quotes and unremarked-upon sensations.

For the biographer, the final clue to character lies in the yet unread - the scribbled note, the diary page, a notation in the margin of a draft - until the day when even the most devoted portraitist of the dead says, "Enough!" Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible - resurrection.

For the true bookworm it is sometimes hard to distinguish between what one has experienced and what one has read. We know that this is odd and even a little demented. But there it is. We are uneasy in a void with no book.

Reading is a socially acceptable form of hallucination.

It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming with someone right beside you.

Working in the service of the dead, biographers quit their labors only when the sole remaining task is the impossible- resurrection.