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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying, with ordinary words something extraordinary.
Boris Pasternak

2 comments:

Alyce said...: Lovely quote!; August 10, 2011 at 12:33 PM
Raine said...: Oh, copying it down :D; August 14, 2011 at 10:44 PM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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