Books seem so much more - much more sacred to me, and more important and essential, than they were when I was young.
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Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.
Even as a young child, I was a lover of books and of the spaces in which, as indeed in a sacred temple, books might safely reside.
Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
As a kid, books were my great escape and my salvation.
I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.
I was passionate about reading from an early age, and I would always be carrying a different book each week.
Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.
I suppose books are my real passion in life.
One of the most important things in my childhood were the new books that came in. I feel sorry for kids today who have so many other options like television that they may not value books as much as they could enjoy them.
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