It is the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retrea…

Nick Hornby
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It is the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the world until I have found some space, some air that isn't stale, that hasn't been breathed by my family a thousand times already.
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