Jackie

“Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.”
― Harold Bloom

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
― Aldous Huxley

“From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there was one for every mood. There was poetry for quiet companionship. There was adventure when she tired of quiet hours. There would be love stories when she came into adolescence and when she wanted to feel a closeness to someone she could read a biography. On that day when she first knew she could read, she made a vow to read one book a day as long as she lived.”
― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

“Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.”
― Proust-M