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Marcel Proust, Days of Reading (via daysofreading) (via distantheartbeats, daysofreading) (via booklover)
In reading, friendship is suddenly brought back to its original purity. There is no false amiability with books. If we spend the evening with these friends, it is because we genuinely want to. We often take leave of them, at least, only with regret.
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William Stone, The Craft of Writing (edited by Julia Sloane), 1979, p.45
Experiencing a work of fiction through one of its characters is the all-absorbing, self-obliterating joy of reading. It is the core of the child’s experience.