Reading is weightlifting for the brain

Make wise choices about what you read. Read only what is necessary or worthwhile. And then take the time to read carefully. One book read with concentration and reflected upon is worth a hundred flashed through without any absorption at all.

In great thick dusty books he read
And hardly ever went to bed
Before it was eleven.

- One Day When They Had Settled Down

The disadvantage of reading aloud remained the fact that it took longer. But books read aloud also stayed long in my memory.
عيب القراءة بصوتٍ عالٍ أنها تستغرق وقتاً أطول، لكن الكتب المقرؤة بصوتٍ عالٍ أيضًا تظلَّ فترة في ذاكراتي .

the moment when you look from your book and realize that there is a world behind the book

Membaca untuk memahami kehidupan. Membaca untuk cuba menerima bukan melupakan. Membaca untuk larut dalam lautan perasaan. Oh Tuhan, aku rindu yang bersangatan?