Holland, Barbara -- Quoted in Alex Beam, “Literature, One Screen at a Time,” New York Times (16 Nov 2005)

Dave — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:57:28 +0000

Napping is too luxurious, too sybaritic, too unproductive, and it’s free; pleasures for which we don’t pay make us anxious. Besides, it seems to be a natural inclination. … Fighting off natural inclinations is a major Puritan virtue, and nothing that feels that good can be respectable.

Barbara Holland (1933-2010) American author
Quoted in Alex Beam, “Literature, One Screen at a Time,” New York Times (16 Nov 2005)
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Holland, Barbara -- Quoted in Alex Beam, “Literature, One Screen at a Time,” New York Times (16 Nov 2005)