"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."
~Susan Sontag

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.

Wenn ich lese, dann zieht es mich in die Tiefen des Buches. Es öffnet sich mir eine völlig neue Welt, eine Welt, in der ich der jähen Realität entfliehen kann, in der meine Träume Wirklichkeit werden.

The best moments in reading are when you come across something- a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things -that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.  

*2.Autor von: McFlurry-Sweeter than ice cream (@WindyDust)*

》She's the flowers,
But she's also the rain.
She's the beauty of day, 
But also the nights full of pain.《