Of all books printed, probably not more than half are ever read. Many are embalmed in public libraries; many go into private quarters to fill spaces; many are glanced at and put away...scarcely opened until the fire needs kindling. The most ardent book-lovers are not always the greatest readers; indeed, the rabid bibliomaniac seldom reads at all. To him books are as ducats to the miser, something to be hoarded and not employed... So pleasant it is to buy book; so tiresome to utilize them.
Flora Haines LougheadTag: reading books readers collectors poseurs
The mimicry of passion is the most intolerable of all poses.
Oscar WildeTag: passion poetry literary-criticism poseurs affectations pretension algernon-charles-swinburne mimicry
I was glad to be rid of him. He was one of those people who could go to New York and be "fascinating," but here in his own world he was just a cheap functionary, and a dull one at that.
Hunter S. ThompsonTag: humor poseurs irritating
Rapacity plus taste is a formidable combination, since it so often passes for intelligence. One pities the artist in a world of such predators, all of whom are deeply engaged in the arts too.
Gilbert SorrentinoTag: snobbery phoniness poseurs fakes fakirs inauthenticity
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