Portable Magic
Reading, for me, is entertainment and an escape from the real world. But it can also inform and stretch the boundaries of the life I live.
Currently reading
Guards! Guards! - 165/355pg
I've been slow and distracted in my reading, with all the news and concerns for the health of my friends and neighbors and loved ones, but this book has been a bright spot and welcome escape for me. Although I have to resist temptation to dwell on the unwelcome parallels between the story and RL right now.
Still, here are a few more moments that made me smile so far:
There are many horrible sights in the multiverse. Somehow, though, to a soul attuned to the subtle rhythms of a library, there are few worse sights than a hole where a book ought to be.
Someone had stolen a book.
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The Patrician disliked the word "dictator." It affronted him. He never told anyone what to do. He didn't have to, that was the wonderful part.
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People in Scoone Avenue had old money, which was supposed to be better than new money, although Captain Vimes had never had enough of either to spot the difference.
Me neither, Captain Vimes. Me neither.
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