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> [“Books. The more I thought about how to stop and get myself back together as one sane, whole person, the more I thought about books. I thought about escape. Not running to escape but reading to escape. Cyril Connolly, twentieth-century…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/books-the-more-i-thought-about-how-to-stop-and-get-myself-back/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

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> [“Cyril Connolly, twentieth-century writer and critic, wrote that ‘words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living.’ That was how I wanted to use books: as an escape back to life. I wanted to engulf myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/cyril-connolly-twentieth-century-writer-and-critic-wrote-that-words/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

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## More by Nina Sankovitch

> [“And in reading, I discovered that the burden of living is the uneven and unlimited allotment of pain. Tragedy is conferred randomly and unfairly.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/and-in-reading-i-discovered-that-the-burden-of-living-is-the-uneven/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Life is hard, unfair, painful. But life is also guaranteed - one hundred percent, no doubt, no question - to offer unexpected and sudden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/life-is-hard-unfair-painful-but-life-is-also-guaranteed-one-hundred/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“My hiatus is over, my soul and body are healed, but I will never leave the purple chair for long. So many books waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/my-hiatus-is-over-my-soul-and-body-are-healed-but-i-will-never-leave/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“The truth of living is proved not by the inevitability of death but by the wonder that we lived at all. Remembering lives from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/the-truth-of-living-is-proved-not-by-the-inevitability-of-death-but/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Books. The more I thought about how to stop and get myself back together as one sane, whole person, the more I thought about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/books-the-more-i-thought-about-how-to-stop-and-get-myself-back/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“A book isn't just a friend, but makes friends for you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/a-book-isn-t-just-a-friend-but-makes-friends-for-you/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Words create the stories that become history and become unforgettable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/words-create-the-stories-that-become-history-and-become-unforgettable/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“We are what we love to read, and when we admit to loving a book, we admit that the book represents some aspect of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/we-are-what-we-love-to-read-and-when-we-admit-to-loving-a-book-we/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“...but I know that I can survive the hard times, taking the worst of what happens to me as a burden but not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/but-i-know-that-i-can-survive-the-hard-times-taking-the-worst-of-what/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Books are reason to get up in the morning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/books-are-reason-to-get-up-in-the-morning/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“The value of experience, real or imagined, is that is shows us how to - or how NOT to - live. In reading about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/the-value-of-experience-real-or-imagined-is-that-is-shows-us-how-to/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Desire for a person is not the same thing as having that unique appreciation and need for them, nor is affection. Desire waxes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/desire-for-a-person-is-not-the-same-thing-as-having-that-unique/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Because to take someone for granted is a luxury; to have her and not think about losing her or never seeing her again, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/because-to-take-someone-for-granted-is-a-luxury-to-have-her-and-not/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Are you busy?" the caller would ask. "Yes I'm working." Sitting in my chair, cats nearby, I was reading a great book. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/are-you-busy-the-caller-would-ask-yes-i-m-working-sitting-in-my-chair/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

> [“Remembrance is acknowledging that a life was lived ... My father finally wrote out his memories for a reason. I took on a year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-sankovitch/remembrance-is-acknowledging-that-a-life-was-lived-my-father-finally/)

[Nina Sankovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-sankovitch/)

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