The same applies when I’m reading for pleasure, too, because reading books as if something were burning, or you were in a contest with someone, doesn’t make sense. That would be like swigging a glass of expensive and fine wine, instead of tasting it and rejoicing in it. For me, reading has all kinds of culinary and sensual connotations, and I feel sad when I see people who read like gluttons, guzzler readers who are vainglorious about their numbers, and quickly forget their feelings, if they get any at all.
~ José Luis Amores, from An Interview with José Luis Amores – The Evan Dara Affinity
Notes:
- Photo: (via newton)
- Inspired by: “The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book;” – Wallace Stevens, from “The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm”