But when books are opened you discover you have wings. Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one s hand.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
When I am reading a book, whether wise or sill, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me. A room without books is like a body without a soul.