Jaclyn Smith

“in reading, I was never lonely, the way I sometimes felt in real life. Reading did not lead me astray. The words were clear, and if I didn't understand them, t wasn't because I didn't hear them correctly. No one cared if I reread (asked the book to repeat, that is) multiple times. And people mostly left me alone when my nose was buried in a book. Reading was always safe and always good company.”
― Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

“I worry that things are going too well, that they're all going to come toppling down.”
― Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

“The act of reading makes me feel safe. Not the book itself--but the exercise of running my eyes over the words. The translation from symbol into meaning. The direct, pleasant diction of the voice inside my head. The influx of information. The transport to other lives, other worlds.”
― Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

“The occasional leak in my bucket doesn't mean all progress has been lost.”
― Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage