I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far less interesting than the adventures and dialogues I read in my books.
Alberto ManguelTag: reading books read child chilldhood
He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19
I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19
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the same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"... p982
Leo TolstoyIn the light, we read the inventions of others; in the darkness we invent our own stories.
Alberto ManguelTag: write stories read dark light
My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgotten, or may one day read; they fill the space around me with ancient and new voices.
Alberto ManguelDigestion of words as well; I often read aloud to myself in my writing corner in the library, where no one can hear me, for the sake of better savouring the text, so as to make it all the more mine.
Alberto ManguelTag: words reading books read library text
I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me.
Christian BaumanCertain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them.
Tara Bray SmithTag: books bookworms read readers bookworm
Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I do it so often: It feels wonderful. The book is mind and I insert myself into it, cover it entire, ear my way through every last slash and dot. That's something you can do with a book, unlike television or movies or the Internet. You can eat it, or mark it, like a dog does on a hydrant.
Tara Bray SmithTag: reading books writing read book television internet movies marginalia
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