I always love that first moment of solitude, when the sound of the birds is suddenly noticed, and the scent of the flowers reminds one of the quiet country pleasures ahead.
~Miss Read, from Village Affairs
A Fondness For Reading
…thoughts, memories, and ideas from a lifetime of reading
A Fondness For Reading 
What a lovely sentence. It evokes so many feelings and memories, a whole book in just a few words.
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That’s the way I felt about it, too, Marlo! I loved the story and all these lovely descriptions that were in it.
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