佚名/Anonymous
Youknowyouhavetoread “betweenthelines” “writebetweenthelines”.Unlessyoudo, youarenotlikelytodothemostefficientkindofreading.
Icontend, quitebluntly, thatmarkingupabookisnotanactofmutilationbutoflove.
, , ', too, mustbeabsorbedinyourbloodstreamtodoyouanygood.
-sellers-unread, untouched.(Thisdeludedindividualownswood, pulpandink, notbooks.)Thesecondhasagreatmanybooks—afewofthemreadthrough, mostofthemdippedinto, butallofthemascleanandshinyasthedaytheywerebought.(Thispersonwouldprobablyliketomakebookshisown, butisrestrainedbyafalserespectfortheirphysicalappearance.) Thethirdhasafewbooksormany—everyoneofthemdogearedanddilapidated, shakenandloosenedbycontinualuse, .
Whyismarkingupabookindispensabletoreadingit? First, 'tmeanmerelyconscious; , reading, ifitisactive, isthinking, andthinkinglendstoexpressitselfinwords, —, orthethoughtstheauthorexpressed.
Ifreadingistoaccomplishanythingmorethanpassingtime, ', , abookthatraisesandtriestoanswergreatfundamentalquestions, , whenyou’vefinishedreadingabookthepagesarefilledwithyournotes, youknowthatyoureadactively.
Butyoumayask, whyiswritingnecessary? Well, thephysicalactofwriting, withyourownhand, bringswords, , andthequestionstheyhaveraisedinyourmind, istopreservethosereactionsandsharpenthosequestions.
