Empty Parlour

“What is more delightful than an evening beside the fire with a nice bright lamp and a book, listening to the wind beating against the windows? I am absolutely removed from the world at such times. The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I am wandering in countries I can see every detail of — I am playing a role in the story I am reading. I actually feel I am the characters — I live and breathe with them.” Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (via seabois)

(via in-the-middle-of-a-daydream)

“To read a book is to hold an entire world in the palm of your hand.” Arthur Schopenhauer (via in-the-middle-of-a-daydream)