People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think that you think you’re better than them, and they get resentful.
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| — | Jessica Zafra, Chicken Pox for the Soul (via lonelylovelyfuckinglights) |
I read because I love to read, because, in the company of a book, I am happy, engaged, and inexorable. This may well be bad for me, as selfish pursuits often are: taking me out of contact with my nearest and dearest, making me shirk obligations from washing up to keeping up. “I am reading! Leave me alone!” is the mantra of every true reader.
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| — | Rick Gekoski, Writing is bad for you (via elisesninja) |
