Books make the soul float.

Alan Bradley
Books make the soul float.
Books make the soul float.
Books make the soul float.
Books make the soul float.
About This Quote

Books make the soul float, meaning that reading is an activity that can bring you to a higher level of thinking. Reading can take you away to a different world where the problems of the real world don’t exist. It allows you to escape into another world for a little while.

Source: Speaking From Among The Bones

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