Elizabeth DrewThe test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.362Reading
Elizabeth DrewPropaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It's a seeding of the self in the… ▶374Philosophy
Elizabeth DrewThe world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.323Thought
Elizabeth DrewThe torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and mangled mind leaking away in lonely, wasteful self… ▶347HumanityThought
Elizabeth DrewThe inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor, and transform trivialities by some … ▶306HumorLoveReading
Elizabeth DrewThe Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it. ✨ Voting Wrongs by Elizabeth Drew, www.nybooks.com. September 21, 2012.309Reading
Elizabeth DrewDemocracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits. ✨ Elizabeth Drew (2014). Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon'… ▶216Sadness
Elizabeth DrewToo often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.186Thought
Elizabeth DrewIt takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel. ✨ Elizabeth Drew (1964). The Literature of Gossip1310Reading
