I always think the cover of a book is like a door.
Which opens into someone's house where I've not been before.
A pirate or a fairy queen may lift the latch for me;
I always wonder, when I knock, what welcome there will be.
And when I find a house that's dull I do not often stay;
But when I find one full of friends, I'm apt to spend the
day.
I never know what sort of folks will be within, you see;
And that's why reading always is so interesting to me.
-
Annie Fellows Johnston (1863-1931)
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