Books that recount ordeals are precious because an ordeal is what we most fear, and the stories that tell us how to… — Ramona Koval Book Copy Share Image
But, in the end, the books that surround me are the books that made me, through my reading (and misreading) of them;… — Ramona Koval Behinds Copy Share Image
I realised that reading was the key that opened the door to secret lands, strange places and the worlds behind other people's… — Ramona Koval Behinds Copy Share Image
True browsing means that we discover shelves and subjects that we could not have anticipated when we started. And the books we… — Ramona Koval Book Copy Share Image
That's what reading was for my mother, and became for me - a way to escape, a private time machine, a place… — Ramona Koval Education Copy Share Image
That's what is so precious in reading this way - you can plumb the depths of another's experience while sitting still with… — Ramona Koval Book Copy Share Image
We read to find out what the world is like, to experience lots of lives, not just the one we live. If… — Ramona Koval Chaotic Copy Share Image
Can we really be friends with those who don't love the books that we do? Of course we can, but can we… — Ramona Koval Book Copy Share Image
I learned that books could be collected, that they were important enough to keep and that a story that seemed to be… — Ramona Koval Bigger Copy Share Image
Not only does art imitate life but life imitates art. Perhaps we not only learn about life from stories, perhaps we make… — Ramona Koval Art Copy Share Image
It was disconcerting for the novel to seem so different when I re-read it. Of course we are a different person each… — Ramona Koval Book Copy Share Image
