I
used to think that people smoked cigarettes as a social affect.
You're smoking, I'm smoking, can I bum one, got a light, etc. Then a
group of people convinced me that the reason was more personal. They
said that when you're smoking, it's just you and the cigarette. Life
is calm, and you are alone and agentive.
Well,
in that case, books are my anti-drug. When your mind is in a book, no
matter how many people are around you, no one can touch you. That's
why it bothers me when people interrupt me when I'm reading without
acknowledging that I was preoccupied. Do they not realize what a
sacred place I am in when I read? I am no longer human with my book;
I enter another realm. I feel safe when I have one with me.
So
yeah, just say no, kids. And read a book, read a book, read a
motherfucking book.
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