The characters within a book were, from a certain point of view, identical on some fundamental level ‒ there weren't any images of them, no physical tangibility whatsoever. They were pictures in the reader's head, constructs of imagination and ideas, given shape by the writer's work and skill and the reader's imagination. Parents, of a sort. Jim Butcher
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The characters within a book were, from a certain point of view, identical on some fundamental level ‒ there weren't any images of them, no physical tangibility whatsoever. They were pictures in the reader's head, constructs of imagination and ideas, given shape by the writer's work and skill and the reader's imagination. Parents, of a sort. In this very short phrase, author Neil Gaiman communicates how essential imagination is to a book.

The characters that we read about are not only made up of words on a page but they are also made up of our own thoughts, feelings and emotions. It is in knowing these feelings and emotions that we can develop a relationship with these characters and they with us.

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