There is reading, and there is reading. Reading as a means to an end, for information, to cultivate oneself; reading as an end in itself, a process, a compulsion. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)
Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. – E.M. Forster
Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I dont make eye contact, the guys wont come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled. – Silvia Colloca
