“The flickering candlelight conspired with the silence, and we only interrupted each other’s reading to share a casual delight.”
“You and I are bound. We will be each other’s salvation, or each other’s doom.”
“Today each of you is the object of the other’s reading, one reads in the other the unwritten story.”
“We watched each other in the candlelight and suave music, and because laughter was the only weapon we had, we laughed until the chill of his story faded, and was gone.”
“We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.”
“Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each reading of each book is unique. But what a comfort it is to share readings and experiences. How lucky we are when we get to be alone together.”