Two miniature wooden chairs facing each other on a round wooden base, one decorated with orange maple leaves and the other with lilac flowers.

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Woodrow Wilson

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.

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This favors direct human conversation over the written page. A short talk with an author is valued more than reading their entire book. The preference suggests spoken exchange feels more immediate and revealing than even carefully composed written words.

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