““[A]fter all, the position of a reader in a book is very like that occupied by angels in the world, when angels still had any credibility. Yours is, like theirs, a hovering, gravely attentive presence, observing everything, from whom nothing is concealed, for angels are very bright mirrors. Hearts and minds are as open as the landscape to their view, as to yours; like them you are in the fabled world invisible.””
![“[A]fter all, the position of a reader in a book is very like that occupied by angels in the world, when angels still had any credibility. Yours is, like theirs, a hovering, gravely attentive presence, observing everything, from whom nothing is concealed, for angels are very bright mirrors. Hearts…” quote by Jill Paton Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c06/jill-paton-walsh-38453_books_a-fter-all-the-position-of-a-reader-in-a_2137626.jpg)
![“It’s just that we wear rose-coloured spectacles when we return here [to Oxford] – we are dazzled by the foolish idealism of our youthful years.” quote by Jill Paton Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b0f/jill-paton-walsh-38453_oxford_it-s-just-that-we-wear-rose-coloured-spe_272645.jpg)
