and books. Lots and lots of books …
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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| — | Jean Louise “Scout” Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird (via tumblr-account) |
I like that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It’s probably what I love most about writing—that words can be used in a way that’s like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around. They’re the best moments in a day of writing — when an image appears that you didn’t know would be there when you started work in the morning.
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| — | Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via andthatisallshewrote) |
Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.
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| — | Jeanette Winterson (via tacit-delinquency) |
