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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.
~Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

2 comments:

BECKY said...: So true!! Love your quotes and images!!; December 8, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Trish said...: Thanks Becky. Yes, I particularly like this quote. I have a couple of Paul Auster books on my TBR shelf and now I'm really eager to get to them.; December 9, 2012 at 9:04 AM

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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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