Anna Quindlen quote #28 from How Reading Changed My Life

How is it that a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find ourselves transcending customs strictures time mores to arrive at a place that educates amuses and enthralls us It is a miracle. We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming our own consciousness in someone elses mind.

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