“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“Why bother with other people's worlds made of words? was his philosophy.” — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
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“You know you're in a bad patch when the most interesting part of the book you're reading is the acknowledgments page.” — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“I m not about to tell him that I am just like Anna and Emma, an adulteress. My books are my secret… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
Interest in reading memoirs is universal. What has happened is that people are writing about more and more outrageous things. Our threshold for weirdness… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering -- and… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“...if I've learned one thing in my decades on earth, it's this: Don't argue with your lizard brain; it knows you better than you… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“Why bother with other people's worlds made of words? was his philosophy.” — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“But my subconscious mind--the part I've heard writers call the lizard brain--could and did: it told me to reach for Anne Lamott or Edith… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“Reading's ability to beam you up to a different world is a good part of the reason why people like me do it in… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“You know you're in a bad patch when the most interesting part of the book you're reading is the acknowledgments page.” — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
Explaining the moment of connection between a reader and book to someone who's never experienced it is like trying to describe sex to a… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
“I m not about to tell him that I am just like Anna and Emma, an adulteress. My books are my secret lovers, the… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
