Because when I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or I sip it like a liqueur until the thought dissolves in me like alcohol, infusing brain and heart and coursing on through the veins to the root of each blood vessel. Bohumil Hrabal
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When I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or I sip it like a liqueur until the thought dissolves in me like alcohol, infusing brain and heart and coursing on through the veins to the root of each blood vessel. A person who reads, especially when they become immersed in a book, does not actually read. They are not thinking about what they are reading, they are being soothed by the words themselves. The words are so beautiful that they have become an essential part of their life.

The way that these words can be absorbed into our bodies is akin to alcohol or drugs. If you read too much you will become intoxicated. This intoxication can bring about an intoxicating feeling of being connected to something bigger than yourself, which is sometimes all that one needs to get them through the day.

Source: Too Loud A Solitude

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