Dr. Nafisi's Speech

Toward the beginning of Dr. Nafisi's speech, i picked up on a quote that really stuck with me.  The quote was something along the lines of  "A book makes connections and puts you with the people you should be with."  I loved this quote because as a world traveler, i have found this for myself.  I never realized before i traveled to Germany that there would be so many people just like myself.  Same hopes, same dreams.  I guess this is why i have such a fascination with reading, it allows me to travel to places that i may never be able to go to again, and see myself in these people that seem to be so distant from myself.