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“reading for me is one of the central facets of existence. I cannot spend a day without a book. I have – in common with everybody – regular moments of mental unrest, roiling disquiet, uncertainty and anxiety. I manage them with a sedative, an analgesic: the escape into worlds created by other people. The invention of the novel, it seems to me, is one of the true triumphs of human endeavour. It codifies something magnificent within all of us: the act of empathy. When we read, we forge a connection with an author, and often then a common culture or tradition that is greater than us. Reading is an act of enlarging, of expansion. It makes our ‘I’ bigger than just ourselves; it stretches our sense of identity and experience.”
― Stig Abell, What to read next. How to make books part of your life.

“People read for a multiplicity of reasons. Nearly forty years in, I can tell you why I inhale books like oxygen: I'm grateful for my one life, but I'd prefer to live a thousand --and my favorite books allow me to experience more on the page than I ever could in my actual life.”
― Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

“حين يقوم الناس بجمع الأشياء، من المحتمل أنهم يفعلون ذلك لسبب من الممكن أن نطلق عليه بالغم الميتافيزيقي , ربما لأنهم لا يُطيقون فكرة أن الفوضى هي المتحكم الوحيد بالكون!!”
― José Saramago, All the Names

“Each man knows himself, but only God knows all men”
― José Saramago, All the Names