My favorite quote from this month is from “A Marvelous Solitude: The Art of Reading in Early Modern Europe” by Lina Bolzoni. “I refuse to have him simultaneously carry on his business and study; I refuse to allow
him to learn without labor what I wrote with labor. The magic of reading therefore obeys its own rules: it requires a specific effort, which corresponds to that of the writer; it recompenses, and in a certain sense, it both justifies and is justified by this effort. It requires both freedom and open-mindedness: the pleasure of reading may not be bought—not even popes or kings have
My favorite quote from this month is from “A Marvelous Solitude: The Art of Reading in Early Modern Europe” by Lina Bolzoni. “I refuse to have him simultaneously carry on his business and study; I refuse to allow
him to learn without labor what I wrote with labor. The magic of reading therefore obeys its own rules: it requires a specific effort, which corresponds to that of the writer; it recompenses, and in a certain sense, it both justifies and is justified by this effort. It requires both freedom and open-mindedness: the pleasure of reading may not be bought—not even popes or kings have
access to any shortcut.”
This is lovely!