You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
I don't really read too much. It really is counter to my energy. I can't sit down and concentrate on words.
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.
The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
What I read, I read thoroughly and retain almost all of it.
I just think when you read something that's magnetic that pulls you into it or resonates with you, whatever that may be, that's always a positive thing.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
I just think when you read something that's magnetic that pulls you into it or resonates with you, whatever that may be, that's always a positive thing. And you never know what that's going to be.