To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you and hold intimate converse with men of unseen genertions — such is a pleasure beyond compare.
-Yosida Kenko
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Yes… for me I think it’s all about feeling. I want to feel things. I totally read for the emotional experience.
Yes…to escape. To somewhere where this woman has never gone before.
There is no comparable pleasure, you’re right.
Peanut butter is close.
Oooh…I like that quote. Intimate conversations with unseen generations…shivers!
No better way to travel and have adventures without having to sleep in a strange bed!
Nothing transports us like reading. Great quote! 🙂
A pleasure beyond compare. So true!