These stories were very old, as old as people, and they had survived because they were very powerful indeed. They were the tales that echoed in the head long after the books that contained them were cast aside. They were both an escape from reality and an alternative reality themselves. They were so old, and so strange, that they had found a kind of existence independent of the pages they occupied. The world of the old tales existed parallel to ours, but sometimes the walls separating the two became so thing and brittle that the two worlds started to blend into each other. That was when the trouble started. That was when the bad things came. That was when the Crooked Man began to appear to David.
John ConnollySoon enough his head would be swimming with tales of derring-do and high adventure, tales of beautiful maidens kissed, of evildoers shot with pistols or fought with swords, of bags of gold, of diamonds as big as the tip of your thumb, of lost cities and of vast mountains, of steam-trains and clipper ships, of pampas, oceans, deserts, tundra.
Neil GaimanSometimes they would sit in the parlor together, both reading – in entirely separate worlds, to be sure, but joined somehow. When this happened, other people in the family couldn't bring themselves to disturb them. All that could be heard in the parlor was the sound of pages, turning.
Alice HoffmanRemember, when you don’t know what to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble. It’s like reading the I Ching or tea leaves.
Kelly LinkShe reads a lot of books. Good things, books.
Thorne SmithIt did occur to me that the effect of good literature may be as dizzying as that of alcohol.
Pamela DeanThe flickering candlelight conspired with the silence, and we only interrupted each other’s reading to share a casual delight.
Keith DonohueStatistically, if you're reading this sentence, you're an oddball. The average American spends three minutes a day reading a book. At this moment, you and I are engaged in an essentially antiquated interaction. Welcome, fellow Neanderthal!
Dick MeyerTags: reading readers-and-writers
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
SocratesTags: wisdom inspirational reading
People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.
Jonathan AmesTags: reading literature confusion
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