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We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Columnist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
Read
Else
Dream
Someone
Halfway
Mind
Dreaming
Life
Bed
Consciousness
Reading

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