Satiety

Before my Taiwan trip, I borrowed Julia Donaldson’s book Princess Mirror-Belle, one of my daughter’s favourite novels. On the way to airport, she couldn’t resist to let Julia Donaldson regale her with the exciting adventure of a princess with a mirror image.

Whenever this happened, I wondered if she would finish the book even before our trip began. It’s the feeling you get when you’ve failed the temptation and eaten all snacks before departure during your school outing. I knew exactly what I should do: I’d better load my luggage with a book shelf.

I don’t think there is a more perfect happiness to be found in life than this state, the promise of endless books on the road.

That’s never-gonna-be-hungry bookworm at play, unmistakably.