You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we are not alone, that we can change our circumstances and even achieve the impossible.
After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.
You need books to read and readers for books.
Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.
When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.
You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else.
When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
Books are mind reading devices; they allow us free access to the thoughts and dreams of people we have never met.