Tuesday, April 24, 2018

April's Bookish Art...

Harold Harvey -- Holiday 
"I have always been a reader; I have read at every stage of my life, and there has never been a time when reading was not my greatest joy.  And yet I cannot pretend that the reading I have done in my adult years matches in its impact on my soul the reading I did as a child.  I still believe in stories.  I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Yet it is not the same.  Books are, for me...the most important thing; what I cannot forget is that there was a time when they were at once more banal and more essential than that. When I was a child, books were everything.  And so there is in me, always, a nostalgic yearning for the lost pleasure of books."
--Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

7 comments:

  1. One of my favorite quotes from The Thirteenth Tale.:-) I love the artwork too.

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  2. Great quote! I really loved The Thirteenth Tale too.

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  3. Ah, I love this painting. So sweet and tranquil.

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  4. Love that quote and the artwork is lovely, too!

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  5. Loved the book and love the quote!

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  6. Ahhh, for me books are still everything and I am so glad! Beautiful quote and painting.

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  7. Such a pretty painting and a great quote! I love that you share these with us!

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