Little Match Boy

"I read to live in other people's lives.
I read about the joys the world dispenses to the fortunate,
and listen for the echoes.
I read to live, to get away from life.
I have no illusions. I recognize the limits of my dreams.
I know how painful dreams can be unless you know they're merely dreams.
I do not dwell on dreams. I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation.
How can I have expectations?
I do not hope for what I cannot have, I do not cling to things I cannot keep.
The more you cling to things, the more you love them.
The more the pain you suffer when they're taken from you.
Ah, but if you have no expectations, you can never have a disappointment!"

- edited from "I Read" from "Passion" by Stepen Sondheim