I don’t have a specific favorite place, rather a favorite category of places that can be applied across various locations. To be clearer, I love libraries. It doesn’t particularly matter which library I’m in, I simply find serenity in emerging myself in volumes of information, of knowledge and of the legacies of people that came before me.
At OSU, You can find me in the stacks. If I could read for the rest of my life, for a living, and for nothing but my personal gratification, I would. Sadly, I’ve looked into it and that’s not feasible in today’s job market.
There’s something magical about being able to understand how those who came before you felt or knew or experienced. I have a suspicion that this is part of why I am a history major. My dad always encouraged me to read into other people and words and I don’t think it’s something I’ll ever loose or miss about it.
The library is also a superb place to curl up with tome and doze off. I’m sure I sound like an old person when I say that, but it’s true. If it’s a good one, it has climate control, and I simply love the dusty old book smell that comes with it. I associate libraries with ideas that are larger than myself, and If I ever need to escape from me, I can do so.
My first kiss was in a library, and hopefully they’ll be more between the shelves of awesomeness.
I like the smell of books too, and it is cute that you had your first kiss in a library :) again i would like to apologize for blowing up your email and this is all for tonight haha see you tuesday!
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