I am in the process of re-reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Wonderful in so many ways. Cassandra is a writer like us, describing the oftimes batty goings-on of living in a rundown castle with her mad writer father (must run in the family), a kind-hearted, if not free-spirited stepmother and sister Rose. Here is a breath of wisdom from a beautifully written book:
When I read a book, I try to put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or, rather, it is like living it.
Ah, there's bliss!
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