“The slow stone metamorphoses filled him with longing – longing for what? Simplicity? Was simplicity the true nature of homegoing? The simple harmonies, earth order and abundance. In this churchyard in a woodland meadow at the end of a white road, he missed what he had never known, the peace of living one day then another in communion with others of one’s blood and at the end, at the close of one’s works and days, to draw that last breath and come to rest in earth where one’s bones belonged.”
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12. “Sleep is good, he said, And books are better.”
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13. “A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet.”
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15. “Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”
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20. “I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
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29. “I can feel infinitely alive curled up on the sofa reading a book.”
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36. “I’m a very ordinary human being; I just happen to like reading books.”
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