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By: dragonfly

dragonfly — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:20:13 +0000

I lived in the library. Seriously. It was three blocks away and I’m pretty sure that was the first place I was allowed to walk to on my own (besides my friend’s house four houses down).

And I am still addicted to books. I don’t know what I’d do without them.

I’m glad you have them now.

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:04:53 +0000

Great post. Someone once said that his idea of paradise is a library. Me too. I can’t imagine, nor would I want to, a life without books. They are the perfect escape.

By: Kelley

Kelley — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:24:49 +0000

I’ve always had an irrational attachment to books. It’s sad and exciting and funny all at the same time whenever I decide it’s time to move. I have almost as many boxes of books as I do everything else in the world. They’re almost like a security blanket for me, I think.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:46:36 +0000

Ah, the opportunity a book brings. And piles of them… well, it’s endless.

I believe you have an insightful view of what was happening with that person in your childhood.

From my experience in the world, it seems that everyone needs to be in control of something (someone). Ideally, that person/thing would be ourselves. Unfortunately, when people are not in control of themselves, they seek frantically to control others, and often the small ones are the victim of this because they have so little with which to resist.

When I look back now at a teacher or relative who tried to squash me as a child, I see how ridiculous it was that they could. But I was only a child. Thank goodness for me, it wasn’t in my own home. I’m glad children are resilient and have defense mechanisms, and that you found, and still find the world, through wonderful works of writing, most prominently, fiction.

Very nice post.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:24:54 +0000

I write for much the same reason. I am free of the person who used to tell me I could not write well.

My books have — for the most part — been in storage for two years. It feels empty without them.

By: liv

liv — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:30:46 +0000

i feel captured by this post. and i know we’ve talked about it, but still… you are a wonderful woman, full of depth, and this post says it all.

peace and books for you!

By: marlee

marlee — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:10:01 +0000

What a moving post…