Gustav flaubert wrote about Montagne Don't read him as…
Gustav flaubert wrote about Montagne Don't read him as children do, for amusement, nor as the ambitious due to be instructed. No, reading him in order to live .
— from Before Takeoff (front matter) · How to Live by Sarah Bakewell
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"Don't read this the way children read, for amusement, nor the way the ambitious read, to be instructed. Read it in order to live." Here is the first thing I ever understood about flying, and it turned out to be the first thing worth understanding about living. […] Don't read it for amusement, and don't read it merely to be instructed. Read it, as Flaubert said of Montaigne, in order to live. Now buckle in. — Before Takeoff (front matter)