I hold my phone, straight up so she can’t see my screen, and I tap away on it, pretending to text, all the while in my head saying, Beep, boop, bop, texting my husband, beep beep, bop, my nonexistent husband.
“books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for you. more personal, more intimate-unlike movies, say, the world you experience while reading a book has been lived and envisioned entirely from the INSIDE, and its contours are yours alone.”
― Far and Away: A Prize Every Time
― Far and Away: A Prize Every Time
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