“Reading is probably another way of being in a place.”— José Saramago Related Quotes “A good book ought to have something simple about it. And, like Eve, it ought to come from somewhere near the third rib: there ought to be a heart beating in it. A story that’s all forehead doesn’t amount to much.”— Christopher Morley “Writing’s much more romantic when its pen and ink and paper. It’s… More timeless. and worthwhile. Think about it. There are so many words gushing out into the universe these days. All digitally. All in Comic Sans or Times New Roman. Silly Websites. Stupid news stories digitally uploaded to a 24-hour channel. Where’s all this writing going? Who’s keeping a note of it all? Who’s in charge of deciding what’s worthwhile and what isn’t? But back then… Back then, if someone wanted to write something they had to buy paper. Buy it! And ink. And a pen. And they couldn’t waste too many sheets cos it was expensive. So when people wrote, they wrote because it was worthwhile… not just because they had some half-baked idea and they wanted to pointlessly prove their existence by sharing it on some bloody social networking site.”— Holly Bourne “Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend”— William Feather