Wednesday, March 4, 2015

I Can Read You Like a Book

The other day I was surfing Pinterest the biggest time-waster of my life and I came across a pin that said "I can read you like a book," or at least, some variation of that quote. And, I started thinking.

It's a phrase commonly meant to say that you can easily see a person's motives and that you can easily understand everything about a person.

But if the book we're referring to is even a mediocre book at best, that's not what this statement means in the least. Any book with any level of greatness to it reveals its secrets slowly.

The reader, upon opening the book and reading the first page, invests herself in the book's ride. The reader decides to stick with the book through thick and thin as all of its secrets are slowly uncovered layer by later.

Some revelations will be joyous, some reassuring, but others still will be awful, shocking things. The reader, however, sticks with the book through the thick and thin, both eagerly and patiently peeling back the layers.

So, really, the phrase "I can read you like a book," is saying, "I'm willing to read you like a book. I'm ready to embark on this journey with you and get to know you gradually, and I'll stick with you through everything."

4 comments:

  1. Wow. Never thought of it that way. What a cool meaning. :)

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    1. Thanks for reading! :D Yeah, I don't know how I thought of that or what made me think of that, but it was just kind of like... woah... epiphany... mind=blown. Lol XD

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  2. That is definitely a better explanation of that saying. XD I feel like the saying is kind of...mean, almost?! But you make it sound nice and awesome. xD WELL DONE.
    Thanks for stopping by @ Paper Fury!

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    1. Thank you! Yeah, I think it seems sort of like an insult of sorts...

      Thanks for commenting!

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