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“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
― The Temper of Our Time
― The Temper of Our Time
“You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life.”
― Diary
― Diary
“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I've accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real. Reading is grist. Reading is bliss.”
― I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
― I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
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