Bookworm, I'm a bookworm
Apr. 6th, 2011 05:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agt_spookyJohn and I are still doing our spring cleaning and yesterday I came across my favorite bookmark, which I thought I'd lost, but it had simply slipped between some pieces of paper on my desk.
Anyway...why is this my favorite bookmark, you ask? It's nothing fancy. Just light blue with a simple yellow flower on it that I got for free at a bargain bookstore many, many years ago. What made it my favorite was the quote that was written on it...
"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." - W. Somerset Maugham
I was really struck by those words, because for me, that's completely true. I've used books since I was a child to escape from real life for a little while. To forget my troubles and go on an adventure with the characters in the pages.
What about you? Does that quote ring true for you, too? Or has reading never been about escaping, but just pure enjoyment? Do you have a favorite quote that pertains to reading?
Anyway...why is this my favorite bookmark, you ask? It's nothing fancy. Just light blue with a simple yellow flower on it that I got for free at a bargain bookstore many, many years ago. What made it my favorite was the quote that was written on it...
"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life." - W. Somerset Maugham
I was really struck by those words, because for me, that's completely true. I've used books since I was a child to escape from real life for a little while. To forget my troubles and go on an adventure with the characters in the pages.
What about you? Does that quote ring true for you, too? Or has reading never been about escaping, but just pure enjoyment? Do you have a favorite quote that pertains to reading?
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Date: 2011-04-06 05:09 pm (UTC)Yay! Bookworms unite!
Yes, they help me escape; I can forget everything else and just go along on an adventure with all the characters!
Exactly! I mean, I'm never going to physically go to space, or travel back in time, but I can when I read!
Doesn't matter what kind of mood I am in, a good book always makes me happy, it brings a sort of peace.
I couldn't agree more. There's just something about losing yourself in a book that's so relaxing.
One of my favourites is this one by an anonymous speaker: "Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book."
Oh, I love that! So many people don't read and I'm like, do you realize what you're missing??