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Monday, January 30, 2017

Books are not about passing time. They're about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, one just wishes one had more of it.
~Alan Bennet, The Uncommon Reader

3 comments:

Lark said...: I really love this book; I even wrote down this identical quote when I read it because the quote's so good. :); January 30, 2017 at 7:45 PM
Trish said...: I'll have to get my hands on a copy of this!; January 31, 2017 at 4:42 PM
Connie said...: Great quote from a unique perspective!; January 31, 2017 at 8:40 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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