Neither innocent, nor praiseworthy
Some people read for instruction, which is praiseworthy, and some for pleasure, which is innocent, but not a few read from habit, and I suppose that this is neither innocent nor praiseworthy. Of that lamentable company am I. Conversation after a time bores me, games tire me, and my own thoughts, which we are told are the unfailing resource of a sensible man, have a tendency to run dry. Then I fly to my book as the opium-smoker to his pipe.
W. Somerset Maugham, ‘The Book Bag’
[x]#3515 fan donderdag 10 april 2008 @ 18:31:07
Achille van den Branden op 11 april 2008 @ 12:13:09
Zó herkenbaar. Ik heb dit citaat prompt opgenomen in mijn FAQ’s. Heb ik eindelijk iets te zeggen op de vraag ‘Waarom leest u zoveel?’
Dit herinnert me er ook aan dat ik de ‘Complete shortstories’ van WSM wou lezen dit jaar.