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Quotation from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
“Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine;——they are the life, the soul of reading!”
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. I, Ch. 22 (Project Gutenberg text)
Tristram defends his digressive method, claiming that his work is both digressive and progressive at the same time.
Citation: "Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine;——they are the life, the soul of reading!" — Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Vol. I, Ch. 22 (Project Gutenberg text). (id sterne-tristram-shandy-q3)
Portrait: Laurence Sterne by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Joshua Reynolds, Public domain.
