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I am swallowing books. Gulping them down. Barely chewing. Words get stuck in my teeth and whole characters at the back of my throat. Sentences dribbles in my oesophagus. Too fast, I sometimes choke. Choke on whole worlds, tiny universes. It's all sticky pages and blinding synthaxes. Craving, craving more. They might go away, they might go away. Please, don't let them get away (tie them with twine, swallow them with honey)
I want only stories to fill the spaces between my veins, and a library between my lungs.

18 comments:

  1. ElaineFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    This sounds wonderful. I'd love to forget about all the things I have to do and just read read read!

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  2. JuliaFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:21 PM

    oh, mj, this is lovely. that last line make me want to reread everything I've ever read.

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  3. CandyFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    this is such a lovely post. and what pretty pictures! i am currently trying to catch up on my reading too. high school never leaves me time to read but i'm reading some jane austen right now, actually. :3

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  4. The Snow ChildFebruary 15, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    the best authors <3

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  5. Lavender PlaygroundFebruary 15, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    You describe it perfectly, I feel exactly the same way. Thank goodness for a library within walking distance! The picture is lovely.

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  6. LexFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:32 AM

    You have a way with words really. Such beautiful talent. How sad that I am just an average writer!

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  7. JoannaFebruary 16, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    This was a spectacular description! I just love your use of personification! Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. I love your words, so much, dear. xxxxx ♥

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:33 AM

    Oh, this is perfect, absolutely perfect. You make me impatient to run through a storybook forest. I can't wait until the summer, when I graduate, and then I will have endless hours of free time to read, read, read all the books I've been buying and hording over the past three years. Oh, I love it! xxxx

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  9. ElizaFebruary 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    MJ, those are my feelings at all times. You are magical. xxx

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    magical words <3 warmed my heart.

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  11. MelissaFebruary 16, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    Ooh, those books look so good.
    Your words are wonderful.. they really are!

    ♥

    P.s. oh, it's still snowing there? Ugh, I wish it was still snowing here. Last year the snow lasted till March, but this year spring is coming up early.

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    This is the only way to read. Approach it with reckless abandon, throw yourself into the stories. x

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  13. suzyFebruary 17, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    mmmm...
    reading combined with music, is the very best.
    my home library's been growing like a bunny family lately.

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    This is so beautiful. So very inspiring.

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  15. JulianeFebruary 18, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    "A room of one's own". I still need to buy a copy of it as I find the local library unable of providing me with one. In the meantime I soothe myself with "Mrs. Dalloway". Happy reading, you! :)

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  16. CasiopeaFebruary 18, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    Leaves filling our lungs, letters between our teeth, words being slowly chewed, lifes inside our life, characters living inside us. It is so beautiful to open a new book and smell its unique parfume! I wish I could speak properly. I would say what I feel in a better way if I spoke in spanish...Anyway. You have a beautiful blog. I'm definitely following The Woodland Library.

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  17. samantha ramageMarch 23, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    i love your blog and books so much.
    come visit me i am obsessed with reading. are you on goodreads?

    xo
    sami
    aglimpseofglamour

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