Sunday, June 1, 2003
At Least I Can Spell
As I lay sprawled in the chair reading my murder mystery novel this evening, I came across a paragraph that just seemed to fit me spendidly. I don't know about you, but I am always quite pleased when I can identify with things on a personal level (even if it means revealing my nerdy love of word puzzles).
"Everyone has his escape, his panacea, drugs, drink, tobacco or, more cheaply and innocently, the steady and almost mechanical habit of reading light fiction. Stanley liked a drink and a smoke when he could afford them and he had always been a reader, but the true and constant consolation of his life came from doing crossword puzzles." - Ruth Rendell, One Across, Two Down
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