I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that helped me escape Creek View, at least for a little while. Magical kingdoms,...
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakenly meant for his ear; the profit of books is according...
Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.
When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.
Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturd...
The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.
It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
it is nice that nobody writes as they talk and that the printed language is different from the spoken otherwise you could not lose yourself in books and of course you do you completely do.
Books: a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in a readable form no matter what happens.
Have you thought of an ending?Yes, several, and all are dark and unpleasant.Oh, that won't do! Books ought to have good endings. How would this do: and they all settled down and lived together happily...
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.
You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.
As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless
Imagine for a moment that you are the proud owner of a large house which you have spent years of your life painting and decorating and filling with everything you love. It's your home. It's something...
Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding.
People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.
Books are a narcotic.
I love the solitude of reading. I love the deep dive into someone else's story, the delicious ache of a last page.
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