"As for reading, I wish I had a magic door to a library where I could go in, read for days and days, and come back in the same minute I left. I'm still...

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Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.
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"Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.
"A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.
"Why have you given your life to books, TC? Dull, dull, dull! The memoirs are bad enough, but all that ruddy fiction! Hero goes on a journey, stranger ...
"What's the book like?""Well, some of it's twaddle, but mostly it's just piffle. Cheers!
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