Why Read

…reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part in a well-conducted dialogue in which such minds reveal to us only the best of their thoughts. ― René Descartes, Discourse on Method

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one. – George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons