“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature
have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
It is not true that we have only one life to lead; if we can read,
we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.”
― S.I. Hayakawa
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I’m with you both. Something hit me the other day: I remember as a child that I was admonished (or so I felt) by outsiders about having my “nose in a book all the time.” I had to sneak my reading, sometimes. Now, both adults and children are engrossed in smartphones and the like. Some of them are playing, but others are reading. In a pinch, I can read books on my phone. People may grumble about this techy generation, but it’s still socially acceptable (or rather, socially “normal”) in a way that reading books on paper wasn’t.
I would say this is the best reason to read. For knowledge, coming in second. I fell so hard for books when I was in the 2nd grade and realized that EVERY single night, I could open a book and be anywhere–at any time period.
It still strikes me as magical.