"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage." Charles DeSecondat

May 05, 2009 16:48

When I was a child my grandfather used to read to me. I loved his voice at night before I went to sleep, even as I hated the wallpaper in my father's childhood bedroom. It was a cross-stitch pattern of x's that seemed to move and take other shapes in the pale light of the nightlight, especially after a particularly vivid or scary story. I loved ( Read more... )

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billymocolorado May 6 2009, 04:08:35 UTC
awesome post.

I love how you love your boy.

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goodnite_gracee May 6 2009, 05:11:37 UTC
Actually, what I loved is how I love ALL the men in my life... my grandfather, Jim and Steven. I guess I'll have to think of another something to include my father and my brother... because I adore them as well!

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jacqueline232 May 8 2009, 00:11:19 UTC
"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage." Charles DeSecondat

Loving you for this quote... It is good enough to go in my notorious "quote book"!
And I also agree that aymaros has an amazing reading voice. In class I have to fight to stay awake because of its soothing quality. :-p

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goodnite_gracee May 8 2009, 02:30:14 UTC
LOL... I specifically went looking for a great reading quote to amuse you with! I did have to use an internet quote site to get it, though.

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