It can't be supposed, " said Joe. "Tho' I'm oncommon fond of reading, too." Are you, Joe?"Oncommon. Give me, " said Joe, "a good book, or a good newspaper, and sit me down afore a good fire, and I ask no better. Lord! " he continued, after rubbing his knees a little, "when you do come to a J and a O, and says you, 'Here, at last, is a J-O, Joe, ' how interesting reading is! Charles Dickens
About This Quote

This is a quote from the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. This quote shows how a person can get a particular interest in a particular thing and once they have it, they will not let go. They will never let go of it until it is gone. Another example of this is something that people say sometimes when someone does something that makes them happy.

For example, when you get a new puppy or kitten, your first instinct would be to want to play with it all the time. You do not want to let that puppy or kitten out of your sight because you know it is so small and vulnerable and you want to keep an eye on it at all times. You do not want to release your new puppy or kitten and trust it to interact with the outside world because you know that they will not be able to survive on their own.

Source: Great Expectations

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