Reading for me is not an escape. It is a return.
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When I pick up a book, everything superfluous recedes. Thoughts about to-do lists, news, worries disappear. Only words remain. And I am between them.
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Each page is like a deep breath. Especially when the story is gripping, the characters are alive, and the phrases make you want to underline them with a pencil.
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I don't read to "be smart." I read because it calms me. Holding a book in my hands is like holding yourself.
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In this world where everything flickers and runs, reading is my way of stopping time.
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And I also love the smell of pages. Paper. Silence next to me. And that moment when you don't want the story to end.