Maureen Corrigan Quote

I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want to get closer to the heart of things, and sometimes even a few good sentences contained in an otherwise unexceptional book can crystallize vague feelings, fleeting physical sensations, or, sometimes, profound epiphanies." pg. xvi


Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books (ed. Vintage, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307431356


I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want to get closer to the heart...

I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want to get closer to the heart...

I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want to get closer to the heart...

I think, consciously or not, what we readers do each time we open a book is to set off a search for authenticity. We want to get closer to the heart...