- Nov 07, 2020
Browse Quotes
The slow pleasure of looking without a list.
These Browse quotes capture the specific pleasure of looking without a fixed goal, whether flipping through a friend's bookshelf or working the aisles of a catalog. It's less about buying and more about the wandering itself.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Dinner
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arrive with a book, but I almost never read it. It would be like sitting at their dinner table and opening a packet of sandwiches.
- Diaries
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite website is The Daily Beast, and I also like 1stdibs.com, where I'll browse for great rugs or classic furniture.
- Great Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these books from time to time to remember how a great book works on us or to teach my students at Columbia University.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to browse in Cartier, Chanel and Gucci and if something special grabs my eye I splash out.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
A wide variety of devices beyond personal computers are arriving, many of which will be used to browse the Web... The Flash engineering team has taken this on with a major overhaul of the mainstream Flash Player for a variety of devices.
- Library
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I lived almost entirely inside books, and eventually the books started returning the favor. A lot of my internal world feels like an anthology, or a library. It's eclectic and disorganized, but I can browse in it, and that hugely shapes both what and how I write.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can browse to your heart's content but it's hard work and not easy on the feet unless you do it through catalogs or the Internet, and I like to touch and try on the things I buy.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never missed a flight. And I don't see any reason in cutting it close because airports are pleasurable for me: You can go to the restaurant, get a massage, browse books, sit at a bar, check emails.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my favorite ways to find fictional inspiration, by the way, is to browse historical timelines. I also like world atlases - any country with a squiggly coastline seems to inspire me, as do visual dictionaries, those reclusive creatures of the reference shelf.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nowadays, you don't need to live in a fashion capital of the world, have lots of money, or be able to shop during certain hours. With online retail, it's possible to browse and shop for fashion anytime of the day, from pretty much anywhere.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, everybody faces the fact there really aren't many records stores around to just go and browse. Maybe browse online, yet that tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures.
- Customer
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- Nov 07, 2020