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Friday, February 7, 2014

Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives, other worlds. Far from wanting tome to pass, one just wishes one had more of it. If one wanted to pass the time one could go to New Zealand.
~Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

2 comments:

Connie said...: I like this. The part about going to New Zealand made me laugh. :); February 7, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Trish said...: Ha! Me too. Passing time could be so many things, house cleaning even. Me, though, I would rather read a book.; February 10, 2014 at 8:40 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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