Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.
Ann PatchettThe light was cut to lace by the trees that had grown so thick with leaves in the last few months.
Ann PatchettThe kind of love that offers its life so easily, so stupidly, is always the love that is not returned.
Ann Patchett