• Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic thing.

  Source: The Human Stain (2000)

  Philip Roth
  American Novelist 1933-2018
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1. concentration
2. isolation
3. sustained
4. enigmatic
5. thing

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Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic thing. by : Philip Roth

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