Eye of the soul

And we have snow. It's not much, but the air smells of cold. You can feel the Christmas spirit. I can't wait to bake gingerbread cookies and decorate our tiny Xmas tree.

The truth is that every true admirer of the novels cherishes the happy thought that they alone - reading between the lines - has become the secret friend of the author.

Katherine Mansfield (via excessivebookshelf)
#quotes  #lit  #reading  #reader  #katherine mansfield  #friends with the author  #gpoy  #I get thoroughly excited when I think I alone discovered something between the lines  #and then think  #nah  #somebody else did it as well  #they must have  #it's so obvious  
1 year ago on February 17, 2012 at 08:16am with 139 notes
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