"I read because one life isn’t enough, and in the page 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 everybody, and I want to be ready."  -

Richard Peck, Anonymously Yours (via larmoyante)

i read because i dont have to wait for a chopped up movie to come out because i can picture the story perfectly in my head. because i can get lost in a good book for hours and never want to come out cause of the perfect world in my mind.

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