But why should I cast myself in the ancient female part of victim of men’s plots and passions?

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one’s life and the lives of other people.

When she thinks a book is very good, what she says to herself is: yes, that's how things are. I hadn't thought of it before, but that's how things are.

Books, the books that I loved above all else to spend my time with, were the great tools for understanding one's life and the lives of other people.

But the book! The siren song of the book!