Reading takes solitude and it takes focus.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reading takes me to a different place than my everyday life. I usually get fully involved in what I'm reading about, so it's a great escape.
Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage point.
A man, to read, must read alone. He may make extracts, he may work at books in company; but to read, to absorb, he must be solitary.
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.
I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.
Reading is a means of thinking with another person's mind; it forces you to stretch your own.
Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while.
Reading is an active, imaginative act; it takes work.