Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul. (Joyce Carol Oates)

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

Joyce Carol Oates

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