I have read voraciously throughout my life. I would go to the National Library to read the classics, and regularly frequented the book shops that sold works in modern literature.
Human curiosity is limitless, but one life is nowhere near enough to satisfy it.
Today, my age does not allow me to read as I used to. My health is not good enough for me to investigate the different topics that interest me. I neither see nor hear as well as I used to, and therefore I cannot follow up on current events or developments in world art and literature. Friends read the newspapers to me every day, and on Fridays or holidays one of my daughters takes over this task. Apart from this, I am completely isolated from life, although I do ask my friends about what is going on in the world when they come to visit me.