“I Read”
“I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the pages of a book I can be anybody;
I read because the words that build the story become mine, to build my life;
I read not for happy endings but for new beginnings;
I’m just beginning myself, and I wouldn’t mind a map;
I read because I have friends who don’t, and young though they are, they’re beginning to run out of material;
I read because every journey begins at the library, and it’s time for me to start packing;
I read because one of these days I’m going to get out of this town, and I’m going to go everywhere and meet everyone, and I want to be ready.”
-Richard Peck, author Zihuatanejo, Mexico 1990
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fasttalker
Jul 22, 2015 02:35AM
So my sister and I share an account and one of us decided to update two stories. If you do by chance read them, please feel free to vote or comment on them. It is greatly appreciated by both of us. :)View all Conversations
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