If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. That life is meant to have a villain or two. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel.
Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. It will not be the end of the world.įail her. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Let her know what you really think of Murakami. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.
Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.įind a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books.
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