Quotes Donut - Madeline displayed the bright sadder-but-wiser outlook of an alert first grader who’d discovered the alphabet in a school where Ecclesiastes is the primer—life is futility, a deeply terrible experience, but the really serious thing is reading.

Madeline displayed the bright sadder-but-wiser outlook of an alert first grader ... - Philip Roth - Quotes Donut

Written By Philip Roth

Madeline displayed the bright sadder-but-wiser outlook of an alert first grader who’d discovered the alphabet in a school where Ecclesiastes is the primer—life is futility, a deeply terrible experience, but the really serious thing is reading.

9 Reads • November 21, 2020