Afsara

“Life is just action and reaction, rationalizations are added later on”
― Ibn-e-Safi

“A good book, when we return to it, will always have something new to say. It's not the same book, and we're not the same reader”
― Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

“We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.”
― Sarah Vowell, Take the Cannoli

“People read for a multiplicity of reasons. Nearly forty years in, I can tell you why I inhale books like oxygen: I'm grateful for my one life, but I'd prefer to live a thousand --and my favorite books allow me to experience more on the page than I ever could in my actual life.”
― Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life