“He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and books wanted to be read, and how everything that they ever needed to know about life and the land of which he wrote, or about any land or realm that they could imagine, was contained in books. And some of the children understood, and some did not.” KnowsChildrenBookStoriesWantedImagineLandNeededUnderstoodRealms Book:The Book of Lost Things: A Novel Source: The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
“I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I know it seems like a contradiction in terms; after all reading is such a solitary, internalizing act that it appears to represent a disengagement from day-to-day life. But reading, and particularly the reading of fiction, encourages us to view the world in new and challenging ways...It allows us to inhabit the consciousness of another which is a precursor to empathy, and empathy is, for me, one of the marks of a decent human being.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWayHumansSometimesSeemsReadingTermChallengesHuman BeingsViewsConsciousnessFictionReaderEmpathyMarkDecentContradictionSolitaryDay To DaySensitivityOutside WorldDay LifeDay To Day LifePrecursorDisengagementInternalizing Book:The Book of Lost Things: A Novel Source: The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
“My feelings for Raphael are mine, and mine alone. I loved him, and that is all anyone needs to know. The rest is no business of any man's.” KnowsMenNeedsFeelingsMinesRaphael Book:The Book of Lost Things: A Novel Source: The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
“We are not meant to know the time or the nature of our deaths (for all of us secretly hope that we may be immortal).” KnowsMayImmortal Book:The Book of Lost Things: A Novel Source: The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
