When I started reading e-books on my iPad, I noticed sentences
and paragraphs underlined in dots. An e-reader feature that confused me when I
first saw it, I learned those dots indicated passages that readers often highlighted. Passages
that perhaps defined a character or touched on the book's theme (or both). But also, passages that spoke directly to me, the reader, provoking two words to flash across my mind. Yes,
this.
So every once in a while, I’m going to share some of my
favorites. Hope the words seep into your world as they have mine. And to start, what better than a passage about words?"There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic."
