“At a library sale, I found a box set of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy in pristine condition. The spines weren’t even broken on the slim, stiff paperbacks, and I wondered whether the previous owner had even read them. But that’s all I’ve been doing the past week, and I’m ready to cast aside any familial obligations, work responsibilities, holiday demands, and whatnot if they come between me and these books.”—Nicole Rudick

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11:30 am  •  14 December 2012  •  58 notes