Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge my horizons, to gain wisdom, to experience beauty, to understand myself better, and for the pure wonderment of it all. I read and marvel over how writers use language in ways I never thought of. I read for company, and for escape. Because I am incurably interested in the lives of other people, both friends and strangers, I read to meet myriad folks and enter their lives- for me, a way of vanquishing the “otherness” we all experience.
I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talkin… - Nancy Pearl
I have for a long time felt that our society is becoming more and more fractured and divisive and that you could go a whole day without really talkin…
- Nancy Pearl
I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs. - Nancy Pearl
I just said, 'Well, the real people performing miracles every day are librarians,' and we all laughed ourselves off our chairs.
Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge my horizons, to gain w… - Nancy Pearl
Reading has always brought me pure joy. I read to encounter new worlds and new ways of looking at the world. I read to enlarge my horizons, to gain w…
Simply adored Timothy Schaffert's The Coffins of Little Hope: the voice of Essie, the narrator, is terrific & the last line blew me away. - Nancy Pearl
Simply adored Timothy Schaffert's The Coffins of Little Hope: the voice of Essie, the narrator, is terrific & the last line blew me away.
If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up. If you're over 5… - Nancy Pearl
If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it up. If you're over 5…
The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is? - Nancy Pearl
The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that's not a qualification for superhero-dom, what is?
When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable experience--the headlong rush … - Nancy Pearl
When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable experience--the headlong rush …
No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is. - Nancy Pearl
No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is.
Whenever I begin reading a new book, I am embarking on a new, uncharted journey with an unmarked destination. I never know where a particular book wi… - Nancy Pearl
Whenever I begin reading a new book, I am embarking on a new, uncharted journey with an unmarked destination. I never know where a particular book wi…
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