“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.”
Alan Bennett – The History Boys, 2004.
Oscar Coddron – Woman Reading by an Open Window, 1881-1960.
“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.”
― Virginia Woolf, born January 25, 1882
(PS: I feel relieved.)
Harold Knight – Morning Sun, 1913.
I love reading!
I dedicate 50% of my time to reading.
What I absolutely love is that I live not here with you, friends, family, clients, collaborators, and other wonderful people, but in other places where jaw-dropping landscapes and memorable characters shine.
I love the feeling that when writing about a topic, I get a tentacle that draws me into a story that I read a long time ago. That familiar air stops me in my word tracks.
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I was very lucky to grow up in a house full of books…
I have written more about my reading passion in this article on Fragrantica: What Three Fragrances Would You Take On A Desert Island?
All the details about this new Book Club will be published soon.
Art – Kaoru Yamada (Japanese, 1975)
