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The reason I read books

By Εμμανουέλα ΜπάλλεPublished 3 years ago 1 min read

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While people feel terribly bored when it comes to books, I feel totally and completely taken by the magic they behold.

Because while no one truly knows me, books have seen all my faces, my soul has been laid naked in front of them.

Books know my heart inside out, my love and sorrows my pain and agony my thoughts and my laughter.

Books know me, because words and the worlds that I travel to draw out my true self. So I remain hidden behind brave heroes and brave women. I remain a statue while my soul is the wind and the water in the forests and the rivers I see when I read.

Books shatter me and complete me in the most selfish yet utterly beautiful way.

So I read, books and books and books…

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    Written by Εμμανουέλα Μπάλλε