The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. George Orwell
The solutions all are simple-after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are. Robert M. Pirsig
A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators. Augustine Birrell
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. Claude Bernard
I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided. György Ligeti
A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators. Malcolm Bradbury