Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by David Samuels

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a writer David Samuels.
Last updated on April 17, 2025.
David Samuels

David Samuels is an American non-fiction and fiction writer. He is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. He was a longtime contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, and a contributor to The Atlantic, N+1 and The New Yorker, as well as the literary editor of Tablet.

Writer | Born: 1967
Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead. — © David Samuels
Reading requires a loner's temperament, a high tolerance for silence, and an unhealthy preference for the company of people who are imaginary or dead.
Kindness is no common virtue. It is a rare gift.
Insect life was so loud that when you parked the car and got out it sounded as if you had suddenly tuned into a radio frequency from another planet.
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