Robin

“What we feel when we read does not remain on the page. We take it with us. We absorb it. It doesn’t have to change us, exactly (though it can), but it does affect us. It becomes part of the accumulation of all the little moments that make up our lives. Whether you read for education, for understanding, for a challenge, for fun, for relaxation, for escape, for another reason, or any combination of these, those hours have meaning. Reading is a solitary act that nevertheless connects you to others. It sets your interiority ablaze with ideas, connections, disagreements, or pleasures. In the process, you also learn to recognize — and to value — the world inside your mind.”
― Rebecca Romney, Jane Austen's Bookshelf