Michaela Ramsey

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.”
― Julian Barnes

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”
― Lemony Snicket