5 Quotes & Sayings By Tara Bray Smith

Born and raised in the Greater Cincinnati area, Tara Bray Smith is a product of the Midwest. She is a writer and activist based in San Diego, CA. Her love of writing and activism led her to join the staff at the San Diego Free Press as an intern in 2013. Since then, she has worked with several organizations like the San Diego County Democratic Party, the League of Women Voters, and was a lead organizer for the San Diego Women's March Read more

Currently she serves as Executive Director for Feminists for a Better San Diego.

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Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's why I do it so often: It feels wonderful. The book is mind and I insert myself into it, cover it entire, ear my way through every last slash and dot. That's something you can do with a book, unlike television or movies or the Internet. You can eat it, or mark it, like a dog does on a hydrant. Tara Bray Smith
Certain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill...
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Certain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them. Tara Bray Smith
I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found...
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I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darndest things in the margins of their books. Tara Bray Smith
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I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation. Tara Bray Smith