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> [It was disconcerting for the novel to seem so different when I re-read it. Of course we are a different person each time we open a book to read it again; we can never really experience it in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/it-was-disconcerting-for-the-novel-to-seem-so-different-when-i-re/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

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## More by Ramona Koval

> [Books that recount ordeals are precious because an ordeal is what we most fear, and the stories that tell us how to survive them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/books-that-recount-ordeals-are-precious-because-an-ordeal-is-what-we/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [But, in the end, the books that surround me are the books that made me, through my reading (and misreading) of them; they fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/but-in-the-end-the-books-that-surround-me-are-the-books-that-made-me/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/i-realised-that-reading-was-the-key-that-opened-the-door-to-secret/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [True browsing means that we discover shelves and subjects that we could not have anticipated when we started. And the books we read introduce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/true-browsing-means-that-we-discover-shelves-and-subjects-that-we/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [That's what reading was for my mother, and became for me - a way to escape, a private time machine, a place that began…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/that-s-what-reading-was-for-my-mother-and-became-for-me-a-way-to/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [That's what is so precious in reading this way - you can plumb the depths of another's experience while sitting still with a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/that-s-what-is-so-precious-in-reading-this-way-you-can-plumb-the/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [We read to find out what the world is like, to experience lots of lives, not just the one we live. If it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/we-read-to-find-out-what-the-world-is-like-to-experience-lots-of/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [Can we really be friends with those who don't love the books that we do? Of course we can, but can we really be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/can-we-really-be-friends-with-those-who-don-t-love-the-books-that-we/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be over could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/i-learned-that-books-could-be-collected-that-they-were-important/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [Not only does art imitate life but life imitates art. Perhaps we not only learn about life from stories, perhaps we make our lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/not-only-does-art-imitate-life-but-life-imitates-art-perhaps-we-not/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

> [It was disconcerting for the novel to seem so different when I re-read it. Of course we are a different person each time we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramona-koval/it-was-disconcerting-for-the-novel-to-seem-so-different-when-i-re/)

[Ramona Koval](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramona-koval/)

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