William Hazlitt argued that books act as "links
in the chain of our conscious being. They bind together the different scattered
visions of our personal identity." And that quote completely encompasses
how I view literature. I am a piece of everything I have every read.
When I stand in front of my books I see my entire
identity spread before me. There lies my history, a record of my happiest
moments and my saddest. And every book not only shapes how I view and process
the world, but they store the memories of every time I turned to them for…
well, anything. My poor copies of Ella Enchanted and Harry Potter have probably
suffered the most damage, but they were always there when I needed them. Mostly
because they didn’t have a choice.
The bottom line is that like Ray Bradbury I will
forever “lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books
like perfume” because I can’t exist without literature and I don’t even want to
try. This blog is a product of that maddening love.
I hope you enjoy.
P.S. I hope you guys like book quotes because I’m
obsessed. I apologize in advance.
- Lora
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