Bad Faery

Monday, December 31, 2007

The pleasure of reading

Further to my previous post I thought I would post this, one of my favourite ever quotes about the joy of reading from a book that is all about the power of story and the imagination:

Bastion looked at the book.
‘I wonder,’ he said to himself, ‘what’s in a book while it’s closed. Oh, I know it’s full of letters printed on paper, but all the same, something must be happening, because as soon as I open it, there’s a whole story with people I don’t know yet and all kinds of adventures, deeds and battles. And sometimes there are storms at sea, or it takes you to strange cities and countries. All those things are somehow shut in a book. Of course you have to read it to find out. But it’s already there, that’s the funny thing. I just wish I knew how it could be.’
Suddenly an almost festive mood came over him.
He settled himself down, picked up the book, opened it to the first page, and began to read…

Michael Ende, The Neverending Story

Comments:

Good Morning Bad Faery and and “Bonne Année” as they say here…
I love Michael Ende’s Book, the Neverending Story, and your post makes me want to read it again but is is on a bookshelf in my parent’s house in Germany....
I have unread books here too, staring at me, and no time to read them right now - Your book-list in the right bar makes me want to read all those, too…
Have a wonderful 1st January, I’m glad to have discovered your blog last year:)
Greetings from sleepy Paris
Andrea

Posted by Andrea on 01/01 at 09:12 AM

And I’m glad to have discovered you and your wonderful textiles too!

Bonne Année!

Posted by Bad Faery on 01/01 at 11:19 AM

Oh dear. I kept checking and you never posted anything and then I quit checking and look what I find when I do… Your back and have been. sorry for not checking more.. anyway I Love this quote. I recently got bought a book and didnt really know what it was about.. well the general book cover knowledge and thought about how I could ignore reading it but what treasures might there be inside and there were some indeed. Thanks for this quote. Love your books drawings too.

Hope you have a wonderful 2008.

Posted by Cris Marlow on 01/02 at 01:06 AM

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