Posted on Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads.

And there are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe despite the callow protestations of certain adults that books-especially the dark and dangerous ones-will save them.

Sherman Alexie (via booksandnerds)

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    And looking at the size of my bookshelves and the amount of books I possess…
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