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The written word, obviously, is very inward, and when we're reading, we're thinking. it's a sort of spiritual, meditative activity. when we're looking at visual objects, i think our eyes are obviously directed outward, so there's not as much reflective time. and it's the reflectiveness and the spiritual inwardness about reading that appeals to me.
-Joyce Carol Oates
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The Written Word, Obviously, Is Very Inward,

Joyce Carol Oates
The written word, obviously, is very inward, and when we're reading, we're thinking. it's a sort of spiritual, meditative activity. when we're looking at visual objects, i think our eyes are obviously directed outward, so there's not as much reflective time. and it's the reflectiveness and the spiritual inwardness about reading that appeals to me.
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